In This Issue: Potato and vegetable disease forecasting updates. Onion Botrytis leaf blight risk accumulation. Updates and management of Potato leafhopper, Cutworms, Cucumber beetles, Aster leafhopper, Colorado Potato Beetles. Colorado potato beetle insecticides.
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Update 3 – June 2, 2024
In this issue: Potato production updates. Colorado Potato Beetle, Potato Leafhopper, Seedcorn Maggot updates. 2024 Commercial Vegetable Production in Wisconsin Guide (A3422). Potato and veg disease forecasting in 2024 update. Phytophthora nicotianae blight vs late blight.
Update 2 – May 26, 2024
In this issue: 2024 Commercial Vegetable Production in Wisconsin Guide (A3422). Potato and veg disease forecasting in 2024 update. Aphids, flea beetles, cole crop and imported cabbage worm, and Colorado potato beetle updates and management.
Update 1 – May 19, 2024
In this issue: 2024 Commercial Vegetable Production in Wisconsin Guide (A3422). Potato and veg disease forecasting in 2024. UW Entomology, Pathology, Vegetable Disease and Insect Forecasting Network, Wisconet and other weather-based vegetable management tools. Seedcorn maggot, Colorado potato beetle, aphids.
High risk of potato volunteers due to warm overwinter soil temperatures
Due to a combination of a warm 2023-2024 winter season, and a heavy snowpack during the few weeks when air temperatures did drop into the single digits, soil temperatures in central Wisconsin may not have …
Update 19 – Oct 1, 2023
In This Issue: Potato and tomato early blight and late blight disease updates Cucurbit downy mildew updates Amanda Gevens, Chair, Professor & Extension Vegetable Pathologist, UW-Madison, Dept. of Plant Pathology, 608-575-3029, Email: gevens@wisc.edu Please …
Update 18 – Sep 17, 2023
In This Issue: Potato and tomato early blight and late blight disease updates Cucurbit downy mildew updates Yi Wang, Associate Professor & Extension Potato and Vegetable Production Specialist, UW-Madison, Dept. of Plant and Agroecosystem …
Update 17 – Sep 10, 2023
In This Issue: Potato and tomato early blight and late blight disease updates Cucurbit downy mildew updates Amanda Gevens, Chair, Professor & Extension Vegetable Pathologist, UW-Madison, Dept. of Plant Pathology, 608-575-3029, Email: gevens@wisc.edu Early …
Update 16 – Sep 3, 2023
In This Issue: Potato and tomato early blight and late blight disease updates Cucurbit downy mildew updates Colonizing aphids Potato harvest and storage updates Amanda Gevens, Chair, Professor & Extension Vegetable Pathologist, UW-Madison, Dept. …
Update 15 – Aug 27, 2023
In This Issue: Potato and tomato early blight and late blight disease updates Cucurbit downy mildew updates New vegetable disease fact sheets Amanda Gevens, Chair, Professor & Extension Vegetable Pathologist, UW-Madison, Dept. of Plant …