News Articles/Disease Alerts

All Vegetables (also see specific vegetables below)

• Managing Pathogens Inside Seed with Hot Water(March 2013)
  
  
• Current OMRI Listed Fungicides for Vegetable Production and Registered in NYS (March 2013)
  
  
• Copper Fungicides – A Comprehensive List of Products Used for Vegetable Disease Control (October 2012)
  
  
• Comprehensive List of Phosphorous Acid Compounds for Use on Vegetables by Given Disease (October 2012)
  
  
• Key Features of the Adult Brown Marmorated Stink Bug by Peter Jentsch (July 2011)
  
  
• Brassicas as Biofumigants for Controlling Soilborne Organisms in Potato Production for Upstate New York and Northern Pennsylvania (August 2011)
  
  
• Vegetable Fungicides Come and Go – an Update for Summer 2010 (July 2010) (MS Word Doc)
  
  
• General  Guidelines  for  Managing  Fungicide  Resistance (April 2008)
  
  
• Cropping Sequences and Root Health (March 2008)
  
  
• Important New York Vegetable Diseases(Fall, 2005)
  
  
• Treatments for Managing Bacterial Pathogens  in Vegetable  Seed (April 2005)
  
  
• In High Tunnels, Diseases are What You Make Them (May,2004)
  
  

• En Los Tuneles Altos, Las Enfermedades Son Lo Que Uds Hacen De Ellas (Mayo, 2004) en Espanol

  
  
• Do Rotations Matter Within Disease Management Programs?(Nov, 2000)
  
  
• Resistance Management is Essential with Strobilurin Fungicides (Feb, 2002)
  

Beans

• Phytophthora Blight on Beans (July 2010)
  
  
• Phytophthora  Blight  Affects  Snap  Bean  On  Long Island, NY (June 2009)
  
  
• Snap Bean —A New Host for Phytophthora Blight to Further Challenge Management (June 2004)

• Why Bacterial Brown Spot Was Severe in Snap Beans in 2001 Plus Guidelines for 2002(Feb, 2002)

Carrots

• Carrot Leaf Blight: Current Management Options and Fungicide Update(June 2005)
  
  
• Powdery Mildew of Carrot (Feb 2013)

Crucifers

Cucurbits

• Cucurbit Disease Management Strategies and ABCs for 2013 (March 2013)
  
  
• Cucurbit Fungicide Roster (Jan 2013)
  
  
• Cucurbit Fungicides (Labeled & Rates/A) and Roster (Jan 2013)
  
  
• ABCs of Fungicides for Cucurbits 2012 only (May 2012)
  
  
• Resistant Variety Evaluation Reports - 2010
  
  Resistant Variety Evaluation Reports - 2009
  
  
• Managing Cucurbit Powdery Mildew in 2010
  
  
• Successful control of powdery mildew in cucurbit crops challenged by Evolving pathogen (May 2008)
  
  
• Cucurbit Virus Control Strategies for 2008
  
  
• Update on Managing Downy Mildew in Cucurbits (July 2006)
  
  
• New Developments  in  Managing  Phytophthora  Blight  in  Cucurbit  Crops (May 2006)
  
  
• Managing  Powdery  Mildew  with  Resistant  Varieties (May 2006):
  • Pumpkin   
  • Winter squash
    
    
• Identifying Initial Downy Mildew Symptoms in Cucurbits Is Critical for Successful Management ( March 2006)
  
  
• Plectosporium Blight: A New Disease of Cucurbit Crops to Prepare For (June 2005)
  
  
• "Pest and Disease Identification and Control for Cucurbits"( Plagas Y Enfermedades de cucurbitáceas)(PDF document in ESPANOL)May 2005Thank you to Meister Media Worldwide (www.hortalizas.com) for the use of this document

• Plectosporium Blight: A New Destructive Disease of Pumpkins and Summer Squash in New England (April 2004)

• Gavel 2(ee) Approval Means New York Growers Have Another Fungicide for Managing Phytophthora Blight in Most Cucurbit Crops (June 2004)

• Protectant Fungicides for Managing Powdery Mildew in  Cucurbits:  How  Do  They  Stack  Up? (May 2004)
  
  
• Attractiveness to Cucumber Beetles and Susceptibility to Bacterial Wilt Varies Among Cucurbit Crop Types and Varieties (April 2004)

• Insect and Pumpkins Don't Mix —The Insect Link to Pumpkin Diseases (March 2004)

• Spray Recommendations and Cultural Practices for Disease Control in Cucurbits (March 2004)

• Occurrence of Strobilurin Resistance and Impact on Managing Powdery Mildew of Cucurbits (June 2003)
  
  
• Options for Managing Bacterial Wilt Affecting Cucurbit Crops(June, 2001)

• What Have We Learned about Managing Phytophthora Blight in Cucurbit Crops? (May, 2001)
  

• Diseases of Cucurbits and Their Control with Genetic Resistance(March 2002)

Eggplant

• Eggplant, Pepper, Tomato Fungicide Roster Only (Jan 2013)
  
  
• Eggplant, Pepper, Tomato Fungicides (Labeled & Rates/A) as of Jan 2013

• Tomato, Eggplant, Pepper Fungicide Roster and Ratings with specific emphasis on Late Blight (LB), as well as Early Blight (EB), and Septoria leaf spot (SLS).(September 2011).
  

Herbs

• Basil  Downy  Mildew – A   New  Disease  to  Prepare  for (January 2013)

Lettuce and Leafy Vegetables

• Leafy Vegetables Fungicides (Labeled & Rates/A) as of July 2008

Onion

• Onion Fungicides (Labeled & Rates/A) as of May 2012
  
  
• Onion Fungicides Roster as of May 2012
  
  
• Iris Yellow Spot Virus on Onions - Do New York Growers Need to Be Concerned? (2005)

• Iris Yellow Spot of Virus-Poster (2005)

Pepper

• Eggplant, Pepper, Tomato Fungicide Roster Only Jan 2013)
  
  
• Eggplant, Pepper, Tomato Fungicides (Labeled & Rates/A) as of Jan 2013
  
  
• Tomato, Eggplant, Pepper Fungicide Roster and Ratings with specific emphasis on Late Blight (LB), as well as Early Blight (EB), and Septoria leaf spot (SLS).September 2011).
  
  
• Snap Bean —A New Host for Phytophthora Blight to Further Challenge Management (June 2004)

• Pepper Disease Control -It Starts with the Seed (April 2004)
  
  
• The Long List of Diseases Affecting Tomatoes and Peppers in a Wet Growing Season (May, 2001)

• Powdery Mildew of Pepper — A New Disease to Keep an Eye out for in the Northeast (May, 2001)

• Managing Bacterial Leaf Spot in Pepper (October 31, 2001)
  
  
• "Pest and Disease Identification and Control for Chiles and Peppers (PDF document in ESPANOL) :Plagas Y Enfermedades de Chiles y Pimientos Guia de Identificacion Y Manejo (March 2004)
  Thank you to Meister Media Worldwide (www.hortalizas.com) for the use of this document
  

Potato

• 2013 Potato Seed Piece Fungicides Arranged by Chemical Groups (April 2013)
  
  
• Potato Disease Management Strategies for 2013 (March 2013)
  
  
• Potato Fungicides (Labeled & Rates/A) as of March 2013
  
  
• Potato Fungicide Roster (March 2013)
  
  
• *Cornell*/Other Cultivars. used for NE production (Jan 2013)
  
  
• Pinkeye of Potato in 2011 (November, 2011)
  
  
• Brassicas as Biofumigants for Controlling Soilborne Organisms in Potato Production for Upstate New York and Northern Pennsylvania (August 2011)
  
  
• Potato Fungicide Roster and Ratings (in order of preference – Best to Poorest) with specific emphasis on the control of late blight (LB) September 2011

• Potato Variety Culinary Use Guide(June 2011)

• Potato Cultural Guide (June 2011)

• Listing of Conventional Potato Fungicides/ Nematicides/Combinations with Insecticide for Selected Diseases & Nematodes with Efficacy (posted June 2011)
  
  
• Listing of OMRI and NYS Registered Potato Fungicides with Efficacy Comments (posted June 2011)
  
  
• Conventional Potato Fungicides/Nematicides/
  Combinations with Insecticide for Selected Diseases & Nematodes with Efficacy
  
  
• Listing of OMRI and NYS Registered Potato Fungicides with Efficacy Comments
  
  
• Late Blight Fungicide Control Update for August 2010
  
  
• Managing Late Blight in Organically Produced Potato (July 2010)
  
  
• Keeping Late Blight in Your Rear View Mirror – Planning for 2010 – Commercial Potato Grower Version (March 2010)
  
  
• Evaluation of potato cultivars and clones for their response to pink rot caused by Phytophthora erythroseptica (Jan 2010)
  
  
• Evaluation of fungicides for control of pink rot in potato (Jan 2010)
  
  
• Brassicas for controlling soil-borne pathogens of concern to potato producers in New York State (Jan 2010)
  
  
• Potato Variety Culinary Use Guide
  
  
• Potato Cultural Guide
  
  
• Potato Harvest and Storage (Aug 2009)
  
  
• Mid-Summer Report Card on the Occurrence and Affects of Late Blight on Tomato and Potato in New York, 2009
  
  
• Late Blight Occurrence and Management in Potatoes and Tomatoes in the Northeastern United States in 2009
  
  
• Diagnosis, Biology, and Management of Root-Knot and Lesion Nematodes on Potato (March 2008)
  
• Virus Problems of Potatoes (April , 2005)
  
  

• Problemas De Virus En Papa (Abril, 2005)(en Espanol)

  
  
• Virus Problems of Potatoes (April , 2005)-Microsoft Word document

• Foliar Potato Fungicides for Disease Control in 2004 (June 2004)

• Potato Seed Piece and In-Furrow Treatments for 2004 (March 2004)

• Late Blight Concerns for Potatoes In 2003 (Aug 2003)

• Effects of Crop Rotation, Potato Seed Piece Treatments, and Foliar Fungicide Sprays – They All Contributed to the Final Story in 2002 (April 21, 2003)

• Potato Seed Piece and In-Furrow Treatments – More Choices in 2003 and in the Future (March 2003)

• Update on Pink Rot and Pythium Leak Control for Potatoes (June 2002)

• Lessons Learned from a Stressful 2001 Potato Season (Issued 5-15-02)

• Potato Disease Management (issued 4-20-01)

Sweet Corn

• Northern Corn Leaf Blight and Common Rust in Fresh Market Sweet Corn (March 2013)

  Corn flea beetle and Stewart's wilt predictions for 2008 (March 2008)

• Virus Problems of Sweet Corn (May, 2001)

• A Checklist of Sweet Corn Diseases and Suggested Control Measures (March, 2002)

• Stewart’s Bacterial Wilt — Still a Problem After 107 Years (March, 2002)

Tomato

• Late Blight Effectively Managed with Resistant Tomatoes on Long Island in 2012 (April 2013)

   Results of late blight resistant tomato variety evaluation;conducted in central NY (April 2013)

• What Tomato Growers Need to Know (April 2013)
  
  
• Tomato Disease Management Strategies and ABCs for 2013 (March 2013)
  
  
• Eggplant, Pepper, Tomato Fungicide Roster Only (Jan 2013)
  
  
• Eggplant, Pepper, Tomato Fungicides (Labeled & Rates/A) as of Jan 2013

• 2011 Tomato, Eggplant, Pepper Fungicide Roster and Ratings with specific emphasis on Late Blight (LB), as well as Early Blight (EB), and Septoria leaf spot (SLS).(September 2011).
  
  
• Known Performance of Tomatoes for Late Blight (June 2011)
  
  
• Late Blight Fungicide Control Update for August 2010
  
  
• Managing Late Blight in Organically Produced Tomato (July 2010)
  
  
• Keeping Late Blight in Your Rearview Mirror – Planning for 2010- Homeowner Version (March 2010)
  
  
• Keeping Late Blight in Your Rear View Mirror – Planning for 2010 – Commercial Tomato Grower Version (March 2010)
  
  
• Mid-Summer Report Card on the Occurrence and Affects of Late Blight on Tomato and Potato in New York, 2009
  
  
• Late Blight Occurrence and Management in Potatoes and Tomatoes in the Northeastern United States in 2009
  
  
• Late Blight on Tomato Plants at Local Large Stores in Most States in the Northeast
  
  
• Managing  Bacterial  Diseases  of  Tomato  in  the  Field (May 2006)

• "Pest and Disease Identification and Control for Tomatoes". Plagas Y Enfermedades del tomate Guia de Identificacion y Manejo.(PDF document in ESPANOL)March 2006
  Thank you to Meister Media Worldwide (www.hortalizas.com) for the use of this document

• Common Tomato Fruit Disorders(May 2004)

• Late Blight Concerns for Potatoes In 2003 (August 2003)

• Deployment Considerations for Late Blight and Early Blight Resistances in Tomatoes (February 2003)

• The Long List of Diseases Affecting Tomatoes and Peppers in a Wet Growing Season (May, 2001)