The American Vegetable Grower online magazine included wildlife pests for the first time in the 2023 production portion of the annual State of the Vegetable Industry survey. Deer bumped powdery mildew disease, the pest frontrunner in previous years, down the list.
Cucurbit Downy Mildew
Cucurbit Downy Mildew updates July 28, 2023 | ipmPIPE
Downy Mildew on Cucumber in Western NC
Cucumber downy mildew was confirmed on cucumber plants in a research plot in western NC. Water-soaked lesions on the leaves were observed with gray to black spores on the underside of the leaf. Very light yellow spots or lesions were observed on the upper sides of leaves.
Michigan Cucurbit update | July 26, 2023
Reports of virus symptoms in squash were received this week. Cucurbit downy mildew disease on pickling cucumber plants in a commercial production field were verified by the MSU vegetable pathology lab. Look for weekly spore trap updates and current downy mildew news on the Hausbeck Lab Downy Mildew News website.
Cucurbit Downy Mildew updates July 23, 2023 | ipmPIPE
Cucurbit downy mildew in Michigan
The first symptoms of cucurbit downy mildew disease on pickling cucumber plants in a commercial production field have been verifiedby qPCR in the Saginaw County lab on July 19, 2023. The statewide spore trapping network to detect downy mildew spores in the air has had positives in multiple counties.
