Phytophthora Diseases Affecting Fruiting Vegetables in WNC
As the flooding recedes in western North Carolina, many growers are now reporting losses due to Phytophthora diseases on …
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Hop Downy Mildew Reported in North Carolina
The NC State Plant Disease and Insect Clinic has confirmed hop downy mildew in a sample from Western North …
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 …
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 …
Elevated Risk of Wheat Scab in Northeast NC
Wheat crops that are flowering now in northeast NC are at moderate risk of scab. Much of the crop there …
Powdery Mildew on Calibrachoa (Million Bells)
A calibrachoa (million bells) with dried, brown lower leaves was submitted this week to the NCSU Plant Disease and …
Wheat Scab Update-April 23, 2018
For wheat flowering now, scab risk is low across North Carolina due to recent dry weather. Rain predicted for April 23-28 will …
Wheat Scab Update-Elevated Risk in Coastal NC
Wheat scab risk is moderate to high for wheat flowering now in coastal NC counties. These include south Columbus, …
Wheat Scab Update-April 12, 2018
This is the first North Carolina small grain scab risk commentary for the 2018 scab monitoring season. In most of NC, …
Apple Disease Update: Tight Cluster and Pink Bud
The arrival of tight cluster signals the start of fungicide protection for diseases other than apple scab and frogeye …
Apple Disease Update: Preseason and Green Tip
The warm temperatures in Western NC during the past few weeks have caused green tip to arrive early on …
Apple Disease Update: Half-Inch Green
Even with the cold snap this past week, most apple cultivars in Western NC are now at or have …
Section 18 Label Renewed in North Carolina for Use of Mertect Postharvest to Control Black Rot of Sweetpotato for Domestic Markets
The specific exemption section 18 label obtained in 2016 for using Mertect (thiabendazole) for control of black rot (caused …
Plant Disease and Insect Clinic Holiday Schedule
The North Carolina State University holiday/winter closing will occur from Saturday, December 23rd through Monday, January 1st. The Plant …
Tobacco Blue Mold Confirmed in NC
Tobacco blue mold was confirmed (July 11, 2017) in commercial tobacco in Caswell County, North Carolina by the Plant …
Cucumber Downy Mildew Confirmed in Buncombe County, NC - July 7, 2017
Cucurbit downy mildew was reported by an NCDA Agronomist on July 5, 2017 in an organic, commercial cucumber field …
Late Blight on Tomato Confirmed in Henderson County, NC - June 26, 2017 UPDATE
Late blight on tomato was confirmed in Henderson County on June 26 and in Buncombe County on June 30. …
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 …
The Ambrosia Beetle Invasion of Western NC Apple Orchards
Across Western NC there have been numerous reports of apparently healthy trees mysteriously collapsing in young high-density apple orchards. …
Emergent Nematode in Sweetpotato and Other Vegetable Crops
This month Dr. Weimin Ye, nematode assay section chief at the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (NCDA&CS) …
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