In this issue: Cabbage Maggot and its management | Early blight and late blight disease risk summary for early season in central WI | Potato Scouting Class – May 21 UW Hancock ARS (1-4PM)
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Vegetable Crop Update – May 4, 2025
In this issue: Lorox DF Special Local Need label approved for WI carrot production | Nitrate-N in irrigation water | Timing of reduced-risk insecticides, Colorado Potato Beetle Management | Considerations for early blight management
Vegetable Crop Update – Apr 26, 2025
In This Issue: Seedcorn maggot and Asparagus beetle descriptions and management | Round up of pest, disease, and agronomic tools to support decision-making | Deep frost this winter limits potato volunteers and late blight risk in 2025
Decision support tool roundup – Spring 2025
There are many online tools available to growers to aid in decision-making when it comes to weather-based risks. Here we feature a few of our favorites.
Vegetable Crop Update – Apr 22, 2025
In this issue: Chlorothalonil registration updates | Links to the Commercial Vegetable Production in Wisconsin A3422 Guide, the WI Potato and Vegetable Growers Association & UWEX Grower Education Conference Proceedings, Wisconet, and the UW Vegetable Disease and Insect Forecasting Network tool
Update 17 – Sep 9, 2024
In This Issue: Potato late blight and early blight updates. Cucurbit downy mildew updates.
Update 16 – Sep 1, 2024
In This Issue: Potato production updates. Potato late blight and early blight updates. Cucurbit downy mildew updates.
Cucumber Downy Mildew Confirmed in Adams Co. WI
Downy mildew on cucumber foliage was confirmed today from a commercial pickling cucumber field in Adams County. This is the first confirmed diagnosis of this disease in Wisconsin in 2024.
Late Blight Confirmed on Tomato in Dane Co. WI
Tomato late blight was confirmed today on foliar and fruit tissues from a plant sample submitted from the western edge of Dane County.
Update 15 – August 15, 2024
In This Issue: More Aphids! Identifying and managing vegetable aphids. Potato late blight and early blight updates. Cucurbit downy mildew updates and disease look-alikes in WI.