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By Cheryl Trueman, College Professor, University of Guelph – Ridgetown Campus and Elaine Roddy, Vegetable Specialist, OMAFRA We are getting… Continue Reading Preliminary Results from the 2015 Ridgetown Campus Downy Mildew Efficacy Trails
By: Elaine Roddy, Vegetable Crops Specialist OMAFRA – Ridgetown In general, insect pressure has been relatively low this year. However,… Continue Reading Watch for Increased Insect Activity in Sweet Corn and Pumpkins
Last week’s confirmation of downy mildew in both Kent and Elgin was unusually early. Recent reports have also been made… Continue Reading Cucumber Downy Mildew Control in a Challenging Season
While downy mildew has still not been confirmed in Ontario, recent report from Michigan indicate that levels are starting to… Continue Reading Cucurbit Disease Update – August 7th, 2014
To date there have been no confirmed cases of downy mildew in the Great Lakes region. There was an initial… Continue Reading Cucurbit Downy Mildew Update – July 09, 2014
By Elaine Roddy, OMAFRA and Cheryl Trueman, University of Guelph – Ridgetown Campus Rhizoctonia belly rot has been identified in… Continue Reading Research Update – Rhizoctonia Belly Rot of Cucumbers
Tuesday, May 20th, 2014 9:30 am to noon Room 102, Rudy Brown Rural Development Centre Ridgetown Campus, Ridgetown Ontario … Continue Reading Cucurbit Crop Integrated Pest Management Training Workshop
Over the past few years there have been a number of new fungicide registrations for cucurbit crops in Canada. Each… Continue Reading New Cucurbit Fungicides for 2014
Excerpts taken from ONvegetables in the Grower, April 2014. A full pdf version of this article is available at 2014_Infosheet_Phytophthora-in-irrigation-water Phytophthora blight… Continue Reading The Potential for Spread of Phytophthora Blight of Cucurbits and Peppers in Irrigation Water