University of Wisconsin–Madison

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Vegetable Crop Update – Jun 29, 2025

In This Issue: Diamondback moth, Japanese beetle, Asiatic garden beetle, Colorado potato beetle updates and management | Disease forecasting updates for potato early blight and late blight | Cucurbit downy mildew updates | Blackleg and aerial stem rot in potato – updates and management

Update 7 – Jun 30, 2024

In This Issue: Updates in potato and vegetable production research. Potato and vegetable disease forecasting updates – thresholds met for preventative applications of fungicides for early blight and late blight in some WI locations. Cucurbit downy mildew. Diamondback moth, Potato leafhopper, Japanese beetle, Asiatic garden beetle descriptions and management.

Update 10 – July 23, 2023

In This Issue: Potato and tomato early blight and late blight disease updates Cucurbit downy mildew updates Two-spotted spider mites, European corn borers, and caterpillar pests of cole crops   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/ Early blight of potato/tomato.  Accumulations of …