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The Michigan State University Vegetable Pathology Lab reports cucurbit disease outbreaks and control measures for these pathogens. County Extension Agents from across the state of Michigan publish bi-weekly crop updates including disease incidents and control measures throughout the growing season.
Aug. 28, 2019 Michigan Vegetable Updates | MSU Extension Vegetables
The Michigan State University Vegetable Pathology Lab teams up with Michigan State Extension to publish vegetable updates throughout the growing season.
Cucumber downy mildew moves across Michigan | MSU Extension Vegetables
Downy mildew on cucumber has been verified in three counties on the west side of Michigan and one county on the east side of Michigan. Cantaloupe crops are also at risk.
August 7 Michigan Vegetable Updates | MSU Extension Vegetables
The Michigan State University Vegetable Pathology Lab teams up with Michigan State Extension to publish vegetable updates throughout the growing season.
July 31 Michigan Vegetable Updates | MSU Extension Vegetables
Cooperative Extension agents report that vine crop producers need to be aware that downy mildew has been confirmed in Michigan on cucumbers, cantaloupes and watermelons. Downy mildew is easiest to spot in the early morning when leaves are wet from dew. Zucchini and yellow neck squash harvest is underway. Squash bug is present and infesting a few unprotected plantings. Pickling cucumber harvest is beginning. In pumpkins and winter squash, note that in fields with a history of phytophthora, sprays can help protect young fruit before their skin hardens.
Cucumber downy mildew disease confirmed in research plot in southwest Michigan | MSU Extension Vegetables
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.
July 24 Michigan Vegetable updates | MSU Extension Vegetables
Cucurbit downy mildew has not been reported in Michigan yet or in the Midwest, but spores were captured back in June.
Cucumber downy mildew update | MSU Extension Vegetables
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 happened frequently or to the level that might be expected if downy mildew was well established in our production areas.
