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Get the latest information about disease management in vegetable crop production in Wisconsin. To be added to the email listserv and receive this newsletter in your inbox, please contact Amanda Gevens. A printable PDF version is available as a link at the end of each article.


  • Update 1 – May 21, 2023

    Update 1 – May 21, 2023

    In this issue: 2023 Commercial Vegetable Production in Wisconsin Guide (A3422) Potato and veg disease forecasting in 2023 UW Vegetable Disease and Insect Forecasting Network Wisconsin Mesonet Advancement   Amanda Gevens, Chair,…

  • Update 23 – Sep 18, 2022

    Save the date for the 2023 Wisconsin Agribusiness Classic (January 11th and 12th).  The Wisconsin Agribusiness Classic is Wisconsin’s premier agribusiness industry event drawing interest and participation from all confluences of the…

  • Update on late blight pathogen genotype from Michigan

    Hello, I forward, here, a message from Dr. Jaime Willbur, Potato and Sugar Beet Extension Pathologist with Michigan State Univ., regarding the late blight situation in Michigan.  The genotype or clonal lineage…

  • Update 22 – Sep 11, 2022

    Amanda Gevens, Chair, Professor & Extension Vegetable Pathologist, UW–Madison, Dept. of Plant Pathology, 608-575-3029, Email: gevens@wisc.edu, Lab Website: https://vegpath.plantpath.wisc.edu/ Current P-Day (Early Blight) and Disease Severity Value (Late Blight) Accumulations. Thanks to…

  • Potato late blight confirmed in Michigan

    Jaime Willbur, Assistant Professor, Potato & Sugar Beet Pathology Program, Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University We have confirmed two reports of potato late blight in two separate…

  • Update 21 – September 5, 2022

    In This Issue: • Metabolic herbicide resistance • Potato disease risk and management recommendations for early blight and late blight • Cucurbit downy mildew • Tar spot on sweet corn

  • Update 19 – Aug 21, 2022

    In This Issue: • Potato disease risk and management recommendations for early blight and late blight • Cucurbit downy mildew

  • Update 17 – Aug 13, 2022

    In This Issue: • Potato production updates • Cole crop caterpillar pests • Caterpillar pests on vegetables • Potato disease risk values and management • Cucurbit downy mildew • Basil downy mildew

  • Update 16 – Aug 6, 2022

    In This Issue: • Two-spotted spider mites on vegetables • Cutworms and armyworms on vegetables • European Corn Borer risk and management • Potato disease risk values and management • Cucurbit downy…

  • Update 15 – July 30, 2022

    In This Issue: Potato production updates, potato disease risk values and management, Cucurbit downy mildew, Cucurbit powdery mildew