Information for commercial vegetable production in Ontario
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
We have had recent reports of powdery mildew in squash as of July 6th, 2015.
Hannah Fraser – Entomology Program Lead – Horticulture, OMAFRA; Jim Chaput – Provincial Minor Use Coordinator, OMAFRA From ONvegetables in The… Continue Reading The squash bee, a native pollinator of pumpkin, squash and zucchini
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
There are low levels of powdery mildew showing up in the pumpkin and squash plots on campus this week. Powdery… Continue Reading Powdery Mildew in Pumpkins and Squash
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
The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, the Ministry of Rural Affairs and the University of Guelph, Ridgetown Campus are… Continue Reading Disease Management Workshop – Phytophthora Blight of Cucurbits and Peppers