Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Association

Vegetable Crop Update #12

July 8th, 2019 | Posted in: Crop Updates, News

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:

potato and vegetable production updates
downy mildew on basil and peas
downy mildew forecast for cucurbits (none detected in WI or midwest at this time)
Phytophthora crown and fruit rot on vegetables
potato disease updates on DSVs and PDays (all potato plantings are at/surpassing threshold of DSV 18 except for late plantings in Antigo)

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