Information for commercial vegetable production in Ontario
Joseph Tomecek (Tomecek Agronomic Services/M.Sc. candidate, Dept. of Plant Agriculture, Univ. of Guelph); Elaine Roddy (OMAFRA), Amanda Tracey (OMAFRA), Dr.… Continue Reading Tomato and Cucurbit Disease Spore Trap Network Update: August 25, 2021
Joseph Tomecek (Tomecek Agronomic Services/M.Sc. candidate, Dept. of Plant Agriculture, Univ. of Guelph); Elaine Roddy (OMAFRA), Amanda Tracey (OMAFRA), Dr.… Continue Reading Tomato and Cucurbit Disease Spore Trap Network Update: August 6, 2021
Joseph Tomecek (Tomecek Agronomic Services/M.Sc. candidate, Dept. of Plant Agriculture, Univ. of Guelph); Elaine Roddy (OMAFRA), Amanda Tracey (OMAFRA), Dr.… Continue Reading Tomato and Cucurbit Disease Spore Trap Network Update: July 14, 2021
Joseph Tomecek (Tomecek Agronomic Services/M.Sc. candidate, Dept. of Plant Agriculture, Univ. of Guelph); Elaine Roddy (OMAFRA), Amanda Tracey (OMAFRA), Dr.… Continue Reading Tomato and Cucurbit Disease Spore Trap Network Update: July 5, 2021
Joseph Tomecek (Tomecek Agronomic Services/M.Sc. candidate, Dept. of Plant Agriculture, Univ. of Guelph); Elaine Roddy (OMAFRA), Amanda Tracey (OMAFRA), Dr.… Continue Reading Spore traps monitoring for causal agents of tomato late blight and cucurbit downy mildew in Kent, Elgin and Norfolk Counties
Cucumber scouts near Chatham, ON identified downy mildew symptoms in a cucumber field, and it was confirmed by Dr. Cheryl… Continue Reading Downy mildew identified in Kent County cucumbers, 17-June-2021
The European corn borer (ECB; Ostrinia nubilalis), has been an important pest of corn and other crops in eastern Canada… Continue Reading Nationwide monitoring pilot project for European Corn Borer
By Katie Goldenhar, Horticulture Crop Pathologist, OMAFRA Cucurbit downy mildew has not been identified in Ontario or the Great Lakes… Continue Reading Cucurbit Downy Mildew – get out and scout!
Organization: Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) Division/Branch: Economic Development Division / Agriculture Development Branch Position Title: Field Research Assistant… Continue Reading Job Ad: Student – Field Research Assistant
Over the month of May, the OMAFRA vegetable is hosting a series of Integrated Pest Management training workshops. These workshops… Continue Reading Vegetable IPM Training Workshops – 2021