2016 Fungicide Spray Guide for Tomato in North Carolina
There are several foliar diseases of tomato in North Carolina that predictably occur each growing season, including bacterial leaf …
Specialty Crops
Tomato Late Blight Detected in Western North Carolina July 10 2015
Late blight was detected in Buncumbe County NC in the afternoon of July 10, 2015. This is the first …
NO Late Blight on Tomatoes Reported YET in NC!
Normally growers get very nervous about late blight (Phytophthora infestans) on Tomato, especially in the mountains and especially by …
Mummy Berry Alert for Southeastern NC
19 March 2014 — The mummy berry fungus is emerging this week in blueberry fields in the coastal plain …
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