Cucurbit Downy Mildew Update – June 18, 2014
Over the past week there has been increasing downy mildew activity in the Southern US. There are active infections present… Continue Reading Cucurbit Downy Mildew Update – June 18, 2014
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Over the past week there has been increasing downy mildew activity in the Southern US. There are active infections present… Continue Reading Cucurbit Downy Mildew Update – June 18, 2014
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
J. Chaput, OMAF/MRA, Minor Use Coordinator, Guelph The Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) recently announced the approval of a minor… Continue Reading Minor use label expansion granted for Reflex® herbicide for control of weeds on field cucumbers
J. Chaput, OMAFRA, Minor Use Coordinator, Guelph The Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) recently announced the approval of URMULE registrations… Continue Reading Matador®/Warrior® Insecticide labels expanded via Minor Use Program to control tarnished plant bug on celery and cucumber beetles on cucurbit crops
More commonly found in the Southern United States, Rhizoctonia Belly Rot has been identified in certain Southwestern Ontario cucumber fields… Continue Reading Rhizoctonia Belly Rot of Cucumbers
Downy mildew is now confirmed in 4 fields in the Kent, Elgin and Norfolk cucumber growing areas. Overall, most fields… Continue Reading Downy Mildew Update – July 25th, 2012
Downy mildew was confirmed in a pickling cucumber field in Elgin County on July 3rd, 2012. The level of disease in this… Continue Reading Downy Mildew Identified in Elgin County – July 3rd, 2012