When to Stop Spraying Fungicide September 12, 2019 - From Issue: 666 By: Dan Egel Many vegetable growers are closing in on the final harvest. Several growers have asked me about fungicide applications late in the season. In this article, I want to address when[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Plant Disease Management
Variety Selection is Important for Managing Cucumber Powdery Mildew in High Tunnels July 22, 2019 - From Issue: 662 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Powdery mildew is particularly severe in high tunnel and greenhouse growing conditions (Figure 1). It affects a wide range of crops including tomatoes and cucumbers. In addition to using synthetic[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Cucumbers Article Tags: Greenhouses & High Tunnels Plant Disease Management Varieties
Fungicides and Lesions July 22, 2019 - From Issue: 662 By: Dan Egel Vegetable growers are used to scouting for pests such as spider mites and aphids. Growers have come to recognize the yellow leaves caused by spider mites and the curled leaves[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Plant Disease Management
Anthracnose of Garlic a New Disease to Indiana July 22, 2019 - From Issue: 662 By: Dan Egel, Tom Creswell, John Bonkowski and Michael J O'Donnell Read More Earlier this summer, sunken lesions were observed on garlic scapes on a small farm in east central Indiana. Lesions started out a cream or tan color (Figure 1), however under[Read More…] Article Categories: Root, Tuber, and Bulb Crops Garlic Article Tags: Plant Disease Management
Results of Wet Condition on Watermelon and Cantaloupe July 5, 2019 - From Issue: 661 By: Wenjing Guan and Dan Egel The 2019 production season started with above-normal rains. The wet conditions affected agriculture production, including watermelon and cantaloupe. In this article, we will review some of the watermelon and cantaloupe[Read More…] Article Categories: Melons, Other Watermelon Article Tags: Crop Culture Plant Disease Management
Strawberry Disease Update June 6, 2019 - From Issue: 659 By: Dan Egel Read More At the Southwest Purdue Ag Center, we are studying annual strawberry production on plastic mulch. Our hope is to gather information on the best methods and varieties to use for[Read More…] Article Categories: Strawberry Article Tags: Plant Disease Management
Lettuce drop May 9, 2019 - From Issue: 657 By: Dan Egel Read More Although Indiana is not known for lettuce production, an increasing number of growers find that augmenting retail sales with leaf lettuce can be profitable. Since lettuce is a cool season[Read More…] Article Categories: Greens and Salad Crops Lettuce Article Tags: Plant Disease Management
New Phytophthora blight Extension Bulletin April 25, 2019 - From Issue: 656 By: Dan Egel In response to the many questions about this disease on cucurbits, a new extension bulletin has been produced. The bulletin may be accessed at the link below. Or contact me[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Article Tags: Plant Disease Management
Fungicide Schedules April 25, 2019 - From Issue: 656 By: Dan Egel Ever year, I put together fungicide schedules for cucurbits. These may be found at purdue.ag/pumpkinfs and purdue.ag/melonfs. They may be downloaded as PDFs on legal sized pages. Please use these[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Article Tags: Plant Disease Management
Watermelon Transplant Diseases April 25, 2019 - From Issue: 656 By: Dan Egel Read More A recent observation of gummy stem blight on a watermelon transplant has reminded me to remind growers to inspect seedlings. Whether one is growing transplants or receiving transplants for delivery,[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Article Tags: Plant Disease Management
