Vegetable Production Update- August 17, 2018
From Dr. Amanda Strayer-Scherer (Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Plant Pathology, Tomatoes) and Inga Meadows (Extension Associate, Plant Pathology Specialist) Background: The …
Vegetable Production Update- August 3, 2018
From Dr. Amanda Strayer-Scherer (Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Plant Pathology, Tomatoes) and Inga Meadows (Extension Associate, Plant Pathology Specialist) Background: The …
Vegetable Production Update- July 20, 2018
From Dr. Amanda Strayer-Scherer (Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Plant Pathology, Tomatoes) and Inga Meadows (Extension Associate, Plant Pathology Specialist) Background: The …
Vegetable Production Update - July 6, 2018
From Dr. Amanda Strayer-Scherer (Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Plant Pathology, Tomatoes) and Inga Meadows (Extension Associate, Plant Pathology Specialist) Background: The …
Vegetable Production Update- June 22, 2018
From Dr. Amanda Strayer-Scherer (Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Plant Pathology, Tomatoes) and Inga Meadows (Extension Associate, Plant Pathology Specialist) Background: The …
Vegetable Production Update- June 8, 2018
From Dr. Amanda Strayer-Scherer (Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Plant Pathology, Tomatoes) and Inga Meadows (Extension Associate, Plant Pathology Specialist) Background The information …
Cucumber Anthracnose Reported in North Carolina
Leaves infected with cucurbit anthracnose, caused by Colletotrichum orbiculare, were submitted to the NC State University Vegetable Pathology Lab …
Results of 2017 NC Orange Flesh Melon Cultivar Evaluations Are Published
Extension Specialist Jonathan Schultheis and his Research Associate Keith Starke from the NC State University Department of Horticultural Science published …
Watermelon Powdery Mildew Found in South Carolina
Dr. Anthony Keinath, Vegetable Pathologist at Clemson University in South Carolina, has found powdery mildew in watermelons and issued …
Vegetable Production Update-May 25, 2018
From Dr. Amanda Strayer-Scherer (Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Plant Pathology, Tomatoes) and Inga Meadows (Extension Associate, Plant Pathology Specialist) Background: The information …
Cucumber Downy Mildew Reported in North Carolina
Written by Lina Quesada-Ocampo and Kimberly D’Arcangelo Cucurbit downy mildew (CDM) was confirmed on a cucumber sample from a production …
2017 Pumpkin Cultivar Evaluation Trials Are Published
In 2017, North Carolina ranked 4th in pumpkin production in the US behind Illinois, Texas and California. This makes …
2017 USDA Specialty Crop Block Grant Program Recipients
On Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017, the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services announced the 2017 USDA Specialty Crop Block Grant …
Pest Management Strategic Plan for Tomato in the Southeast
Update (July 6, 2018): The Pest Management Strategic Plan for Tomato in the Southeast is complete! You can access the …
Cucumber Downy Mildew Confirmed in Buncombe County
Vegetable growers! This is an update on downy mildew in cucurbits from Inga Meadows, NCSU Extension Plant Pathologist. Cucumber downy mildew was confirmed …
Cucumber Downy Mildew Confirmed in North Carolina and South Carolina
Written by Lina Quesada-Ocampo and Kimberly D’Arcangelo Cucurbit downy mildew was reported today (June 6, 2017) in commercial cucumber fields …
Food Safety With Flooded Food Crops & Marketing Assessments
We are receiving questions on how to assess and management crops that are still in the fields when the …
Watermelon Downy Mildew Reported in North Carolina
Downy mildew, caused by the oomycete Pseudoperonospora cubensis, has been reported in watermelon in North Carolina. It was observed …
Powdery Mildew on Watermelon Found in South Carolina
Dr. Anthony Keinath, Vegetable Pathologist at Clemson University Coastal Research & Education Center, has informed us that powdery mildew …
Pseudomonas Leaf Spot Reported on Watermelon Transplants
In the past week we have seen a few cases of watermelon transplants with leaf spot symptoms (Fig. 1). …