Plant Fungal Diseases

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.

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

Agronomy Newsletter -May 2024, Volume 15, Issue 2. Topics include:

I visited a few tomato fields this week and found 2-4-week-old tomato plants with some early blight (Alternaria solani) and in some cases bad early blight lesions. This is very early in the season to be seeing this level of early blight. Many of the plants had a few flea beetle adults on the plant (fig 1) and in the areas where the early blight was found also had moderate to high flea beetle feeding (fig 2).

Evaluation of fungicides for management of foliar diseases on watermelon, 2015

Evaluation of fungicides and Melcast forecasting program for watermelon disease management, 2014

Evaluation of fungicides for management of foliar diseases on watermelon, 2014

Field evaluation of triploid cultivars for resistance to Fusarium wilt of watermelon in Maryland, 2014

Evaluation of fungicide programs for management of downy mildew of cucumbers – Trial 2, 2016

Evaluation of fungicide programs for management of downy mildew of cucumbers – Trial 3, 2016