Category Archives: News
Scholarships Available
The WPVGA Associate Division and Wisconsin Potato Growers Auxiliary are pleased to inform you of scholarships totaling over $8,000 available to students attending post-secondary institutions. Several scholarships will be awarded to students with WPVGA ties based on the number of applicants and their merits. The top…
Vegetable Crop Update #23
A Newsletter for Commercial Potato and Vegetable Growers Prepared by the University of Wisconsin Madison Vegetable Research and Extension Specialists In this issue we address: • Announcement on WI Agribusiness Classic Conference (Jan 11-12, 2023) • Potato Disease Risk Updates • Cucurbit Downy Mildew Updates…
Update on Late Blight Pathogen Genotype from Michigan
A Newsletter for Commercial Potato and Vegetable Growers Prepared by the University of Wisconsin Madison Vegetable Research and Extension Specialists I forward, here, a message from Dr. Jaime Willbur, Potato and Sugar Beet Extension Pathologist with Michigan State Univ., regarding the late blight situation in…
Vegetable Crop Update #22
A Newsletter for Commercial Potato and Vegetable Growers Prepared by the University of Wisconsin Madison Vegetable Research and Extension Specialists In this issue I address: potato early blight and late blight risk (no reports of late blight in WI so far this year in tomato…
Potato Late Blight Confirmed in Michigan
Hello all, We have confirmed two reports of potato late blight in two separate field areas of Montcalm County, Michigan detected September 6 and September 7. Active sporulation was observed in both areas and infected fields have been chemically vine-killed. Isolate genotyping is in progress…
Vegetable Crop Update #21
A Newsletter for Commercial Potato and Vegetable Growers Prepared by the University of Wisconsin Madison Vegetable Research and Extension Specialists In this issue we address: -metabolic herbicide resistance -potato disease risk and management recommendations for early blight and late blight -cucurbit downy mildew -tar spot…
Vegetable Crop Update #20
A Newsletter for Commercial Potato and Vegetable Growers Prepared by the University of Wisconsin Madison Vegetable Research and Extension Specialists In this issue we address: potato production and fertigation research updates potato early blight and late blight risk updates (still no reports of late blight…
Vegetable Crop Update #19
A Newsletter for Commercial Potato and Vegetable Growers Prepared by the University of Wisconsin Madison Vegetable Research and Extension Specialists In this issue we address: potato disease risk for early blight and late blight (high accumulations in risk with optimum weather this past week) cucurbit…
Vegetable Crop Update #18
A Newsletter for Commercial Potato and Vegetable Growers Prepared by the University of Wisconsin Madison Vegetable Research and Extension Specialists I write to share that cucumber downy mildew has been confirmed in Hancock, WI. Please see the attached newsletter for more information on management. Because…
Vegetable Crop Update #17
A Newsletter for Commercial Potato and Vegetable Growers Prepared by the University of Wisconsin Madison Vegetable Research and Extension Specialists In this issue we address: potato production and research updates caterpillar pests in cole crops and other vegetables potato disease risk indications cucurbit downy mildew…
