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Botrytis blight on petunia

Ornamental Growers: Interested in an Educational Conference in NC?

Ornamental Extension Specialists and Area Agents are gauging growers' interest in an education conference in North Carolina.The conference would be in central NC, one day with brief presentations…

Soil sampling

NCDA Offers FREE Soil Testing & Services for WNC Through June 2025

The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (NCDA & CS) is offering free services for counties affected by Hurricane Helene through June 2025. See NCDA's announcement…

2025 SE Veg Crop Handbook

2025 SE Vegetable Crop Handbook

The 2025 Southeastern Vegetable Crop Handbook can be purchased through UNC Press , Amazon, OR in open access format here.

Cucumber downy mildew symptoms

Cucumber Downy Mildew Found, Haywood County, August 13, 2024

Cucumber downy mildew (CDM) has been confirmed on cucumber plant samples from a research plot at the Mountain Research Station in Haywood County, NC.Water-soaked lesions on the undersides of leaves…

Credit: A. Dombrovsky, O. Batuman, Fidan et al. (2019) and Luria et al. (2017)

Virus-Infected Tomatoes May Be Prevalent at Grocery Stores

A recent study from the University of Florida discovered high incidences of two tomato viruses (ToBRFV and PepMV) in tomato fruit among 10 grocery stores surveyed in Florida. Tomato brown rugose…

Tomato spotted wilt virus on fruit

Resistance-breaking variants of TSWV found on Tomato in NC

In summer 2022, symptoms of TSWV (Tomato spotted wilt virus) were observed at two tomato farms in Rowan County, NC on several fresh market tomato cultivars with the gene for TSWV resistance (Sw-5).…

2022 NC Crop Protection School

2022 Crop Protection School: Emerging Threats

The 74th Annual Crop Protection School will be held virtually on Thursday, December 1, 2022 using the Zoom platform. Please use this link to register. After registration, you will be sent a passcode…

CDM symtoms on squash leaf

Squash Downy Mildew Found in North Carolina

Written by Mariana Prieto-Torres, Savithri Purayannur, Mike Adams, and Lina M. Quesada-Ocampo Pseudoperonospora cubensis, the causal agent of cucurbit downy mildew (CDM), was confirmed on butternut…

Leaf with cucumber downy mildew symptoms

Cucumber Downy Mildew Found in North Carolina

Written by Mariana Prieto-Torres, Mike Adams, Dr. Savithri Purayannur, and Dr. Lina M. Quesada-Ocampo. Pseudoperonospora cubensis, the causal agent of cucurbit downy mildew (CDM), was confirmed on…

Late blight on tomato

Late Blight on Tomato Confirmed in Haywood County, NC (Aug 26, 2019)

Late blight on tomato was confirmed in Haywood County on August 26, 2019, and confirmed by microscopic observation of the sporangia under the compound microscope. Samples will be sent to Cornell for…