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Cucurbit Downy Mildew Found 7/30/2025 in Haywood County

Cucumber downy mildew (CDM) has been confirmed on cucumber plant samples from a research plot at the Mountain Research Station in Haywood County, NC on July 30, 2025.Water-soaked lesions on the…

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…

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…

Cucurbit Downy Mildew in Haywood County, July 28, 2023

Cucumber downy mildew (CDM) has been confirmed on cucumber plant samples from a research plot at the Mountain Research Station in Haywood County, NC. Only 1% of plants showed symptoms and only 5% of…

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 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…

Diseases of Hydroponic Leafy Greens and Herbs

Although hydroponic production systems allow growers to control many factors to create a healthy crop, these systems do pose a unique environment for certain diseases. It is important to know the…

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…

Cucurbit leaf with yellow mosaic mottling and prominent veins

Cucurbit Downy Mildew Confirmed in Western NC, July 28, 2021

Cucumber downy mildew (CDM) has been confirmed on cucumber plant samples from a commercial grower in Haywood County, NC. Approximately 75-100% of plants were affected. Leaves showed symptoms typical…

Late Blight on Tomato Confirmed in WNC Region --July 28, 2021

Late blight on tomato has been confirmed near Macon County, NC on July 27, 2021.UPDATE August 3, 2021: The strain has been identified as US-23, which has been the dominant strain in recent years.…