The Michigan State University Vegetable Pathology Lab teams up with Michigan State Extension to publish vegetable updates throughout the growing season. View the July 31 update here. Southeast Michigan vegetable update In pumpkins and winter squash, downy mildew has been found on hard squash in Pennsylvania and Tennessee. Downy mildew is a complex disease with […]
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On Call with Veggie Doc Lina Quesada-Ocampo | NC State
“I really wanted a job that had application but would also allow me to use all the tools I have learned through my career, from field research to genomics, then be able to apply that to solve problems for growers,” she said. “I also really just love vegetable crops.” In pickling cucumber, the biggest concern […]
July 31 Michigan Vegetable Updates | MSU Extension
Southwest Michigan vegetable update Vine crop producers need to be aware that downy mildew has been confirmed at the Southwest Michigan Research and Extension Center. We found it on an unsprayed plot of pickles that we have since sprayed. Downy mildew is easiest to spot in the early morning when leaves are wet from dew. […]
Cucumber downy mildew disease confirmed in research plot in southwest Michigan | MSU Vegetable Extension
Downy mildew on cucumber has developed in a small research plot at the Southwest Research and Extension Center in Benton Harbor, Michigan. This is the first confirmed report in Michigan in 2019. Disease symptoms developed over the last several days and this research plot had not been sprayed with any fungicides. Continue Reading
July 24 Michigan Vegetable updates | MSU Extension
West central Michigan vegetable update Cucurbit downy mildew has not been reported in Michigan yet or in the Midwest, but spores were captured back in June. After that initial capture in Allegan County on June 28, no spores were captured through July 15. Powdery mildew was present at one hoophouse I visited, and pumpkin and squash […]
Phytophthora crown rot on cucurbits and peppers requires an aggressive approach | MSU Vegetable Extension
This plant pathogen lives in the soil and survives Michigan winters. It does not move via air currents but spreads via splash of contaminated soil, surface water such as culverts, rivers, creeks and streams contaminated by run-off from infested fields, and the dumping of diseased culls onto production fields. Phytophthora is especially unique because it can develop […]
Cucumber downy mildew update | MSU Vegetable Extension
Downy mildew on cucumber or any other cucurbit has not been confirmed yet in 2019 in Michigan or in adjacent states of the Great Lakes region. Our molecular analysis of the spore traps has recently confirmed cucumber downy mildew spores in the air via our molecular testing a couple of times, but this has not […]
New photo gallery: Choanephora fruit rot of summer squash | Cornell Cooperative Extension
The Long Island Horticultural Research & Extension Center in Riverhead, NY added a new photo gallery to their Cucurbit Disease collection for Choanephora fruit rot of summer squash. This common disease occurs when humidity and temperature are both high. Symptoms usually start to develop at the blossom end of fruit touching the ground. The pathogen is in […]
