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Fresh market tomatoes

2026 Fungicide Guide for Tomatoes in North Carolina

The fungicide spray guides for tomato and pepper are intended for commercial growers and are suggested products or programs that have been evaluated for efficacy against the disease listed. There are…

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…

Botrytis blight on petunia

Fungicide Resistance in Botrytis: A Reminder for Floriculture Crop Producers

Botrytis blight (caused by Botrytis cinerea) is a well-known problem among greenhouse ornamental crop producers. This ubiquitous fungus has a wide host range, and no host resistance is available.…

Fresh market tomatoes

WNC Vegetable Growers: BOLO for Tomato Late Blight & Cucurbit Downy Mildew

Vegetable growers in western North Carolina: Be on the lookout (BOLO) for late blight on tomato and cucurbit downy mildew. Recent weather conditions (frequent rainfall, cloudy skies, and high…

Symptoms of ToBRFV on tomato fruit

Tomato Seed Recall for Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus

Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) was detected on some tomato seeds from a seed company called Fruition Seeds in New York, recently. Although there are not yet any confirmed positives for…

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…

black rot symptoms on Sweetpotato

EPA Issues Label Approving Mertect in Sweetpotatoes

Updates for Sweetpotato Producers in NC: EPA issues Section 3 label for Mertect (thiabendazole) in sweetpotatoes postharvest and EU raises MRL to 3 ppm From Dr. Lina Quesada-Ocampo and Camilo H.…