Vegetables

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Vegetable and Fruit News-2024 (Volume 15, Issue 9)

IpM Scouting Tips posted in the Fruit and Vegetable News.

Usually when anyone talks about basil problems they talk about basil downy mildew, but there are unfortunately other disease problems with basil that are important and need to be managed.

If you grow leeks or onions or other Allium species, now and for the next few weeks is the time to watch for the tell-tale marks left by Allium leaf miner. Allium leaf miner Phytomyza gymnostoma tell-tale marks consist of several small round white dots (made by the female’s ovipositor) in a row that appear on the middle towards the end of leaf blades (fig. 1) of their preferred hosts of leeks, onions, garlic and other Allium species.

Plectosporium blight in many pumpkin fields

Clubroot caused by Plasmodiophora brassicae is a major disease of brassica, i.e., broccoli, cabbage, turnip, rutabaga, and radish. It can also infect weeds in the mustard family as well as some grasses.

A list of meetings for fruit and vegetable growers.

Vegetable and Fruit News-2024 (Volume 15, Issue 8) Topics include Corky Root Disease in Tomatoes, Club Root Found in Brassica Crops, Rain check may become a problem in tomato fields, Rain Cracking in Gala Apples, Insect Scouting Tips, and UME and UMES Events

Corky root is caused by the fungus Pyrenochaeta lycopersici. Tomato plants affected with corky root may appear stunted and generally lack vigor.