Downy Mildew Confirmed in Michigan – June 25, 2025
We have received word that downy mildew was confirmed at 4 different locations in Michigan this week. The close proximity… Continue Reading Downy Mildew Confirmed in Michigan – June 25, 2025
Information for commercial vegetable production in Ontario
We have received word that downy mildew was confirmed at 4 different locations in Michigan this week. The close proximity… Continue Reading Downy Mildew Confirmed in Michigan – June 25, 2025
Cucurbit downy mildew has been identified in a cucumber field in Kent County. Disease presence is very low with less… Continue Reading Cucurbit Downy Mildew Identified in Kent County – July 4, 2023
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 Spore traps monitoring for causal agents of tomato late blight and cucurbit downy mildew in Kent, Elgin and Norfolk Counties
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!
July 6th, 2020 – Downy Mildew was identified today in a commercial cucumber field in Kent County, Ontario.
Risk remains high now that the disease has been confirmed in Ontario despite hot, dry weather. Continue Reading Cucumber Downy Mildew has now been Confirmed in Kent County, Ontario
Downy mildew has been confirmed in a pickling cucumber crop in Berrien county, in Southwest Michigan. Cucumber downy mildew has NOT been identified in Ontario, but the risk is high. Growers are advised to use a downy mildew specific fungicide program, if this hasn’t been started. Continue Reading Cucumber Downy Mildew Confirmed in the Great Lakes Region 22 Jun 2020
The regular cucurbit downy mildew scouting program in Norfolk/Elgin and Kent has now wrapped up for the year. While downy… Continue Reading Cucurbit Downy Mildew Update – July 31th, 2019
For the week of July 15-19, 2019 there was no downy mildew reported in the Norfolk/Elgin or Kent County areas.… Continue Reading Cucurbit Downy Mildew Update – July 20th, 2019
For the week of July 1-5, 2019 there was no downy mildew reported in the Norfolk/Elgin or Kent County areas.… Continue Reading Cucurbit Downy Mildew Update – July 5th, 2019





