Yearly Archives: 2019
Vegetable Crop Update #18
Updates provided by Amanda J. Gevens, Associate Professor & Extension Vegetable Plant Pathologist, Interim Co-Director of Wisconsin Seed Potato Certification Program, UW-Madison, Dept. of Plant Pathology In this issue we address: potato crop production updates cucurbit downy mildew updates (no reports from WI at this…
Vegetable Crop Update – Late Blight
Updates provided by Amanda J. Gevens, Associate Professor & Extension Vegetable Plant Pathologist, Interim Co-Director of Wisconsin Seed Potato Certification Program, UW-Madison, Dept. of Plant Pathology Late blight has been detected in potato in Portage County today. Infected plants were destroyed and treatment has been…
Vegetable Crop Update #17
Updates provided by Amanda J. Gevens, Associate Professor & Extension Vegetable Plant Pathologist, Interim Co-Director of Wisconsin Seed Potato Certification Program, UW-Madison, Dept. of Plant Pathology In this issue we address: vegetable/potato production updates cucurbit downy mildew updates potato disease updates Thank you to all…
Vegetable Crop Update – Disease Update
Updates provided by Amanda J. Gevens, Associate Professor & Extension Vegetable Plant Pathologist, Interim Co-Director of Wisconsin Seed Potato Certification Program, UW-Madison, Dept. of Plant Pathology A second confirmation of late blight has come in from La Crosse County Wisconsin from tomato. The disease was…
Vegetable Crop Update – Disease Update
Updates provided by Amanda J. Gevens, Associate Professor & Extension Vegetable Plant Pathologist, Interim Co-Director of Wisconsin Seed Potato Certification Program, UW-Madison, Dept. of Plant Pathology Cucumber Downy Mildew Confirmed in Southwest Michigan Cucurbit downy mildew on cucumber has been confirmed in Berrien County, MI.…
Vegetable Crop Update #16
Updates provided by Amanda J. Gevens, Associate Professor & Extension Vegetable Plant Pathologist, Interim Co-Director of Wisconsin Seed Potato Certification Program, UW-Madison, Dept. of Plant Pathology In this issue we address the following topics: agenda for UW Lelah Starks seed potato farm field day (Aug…
Vegetable Crop Update #15
Updates provided by Amanda J. Gevens, Associate Professor & Extension Vegetable Plant Pathologist, Interim Co-Director of Wisconsin Seed Potato Certification Program, UW-Madison, Dept. of Plant Pathology In this issue we address: agenda for Langlade Co. potato field day for July 25 1-3PM vegetable production status…
Vegetable Crop Update – Disease Update
Updates provided by Amanda J. Gevens, Associate Professor & Extension Vegetable Plant Pathologist, Interim Co-Director of Wisconsin Seed Potato Certification Program, UW-Madison, Dept. of Plant Pathology Late blight on potato has been confirmed in Wood County on 07-17-19. Sporulation was present but light on most…
Vegetable Crop Update #14
Updates provided by Amanda J. Gevens, Associate Professor & Extension Vegetable Plant Pathologist, Interim Co-Director of Wisconsin Seed Potato Certification Program, UW-Madison, Dept. of Plant Pathology In this newsletter we address the following topics: Agenda for UW-Hancock ARS Field Day on July 18, 2019 Vegetable…
2019 Potato Late Blight Fungicides with Activities
Updates provided by Amanda J. Gevens, Associate Professor & Extension Vegetable Plant Pathologist, Interim Co-Director of Wisconsin Seed Potato Certification Program, UW-Madison, Dept. of Plant Pathology With favorable weather, many are gearing up with appropriate fungicides in preparation for enhanced late blight protection. Below, I…
