Cucurbit Disease Update – July 7th, 2015
By Elaine Roddy, Vegetable Crops Specialist, OMAFRA Do you ever just get completely overwhelmed by choices? I do. Especially when… Continue Reading Cucurbit Disease Update – July 7th, 2015
Information for commercial vegetable production in Ontario
By Elaine Roddy, Vegetable Crops Specialist, OMAFRA Do you ever just get completely overwhelmed by choices? I do. Especially when… Continue Reading Cucurbit Disease Update – July 7th, 2015
We have had recent reports of powdery mildew in squash as of July 6th, 2015.
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
Phytophthora symptoms include stunting, crown rot and fruit rot depending on the cucurbit species and the time of infection. The… Continue Reading Phytophthora Blight of Cucurbits
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
From ONvegetables in The Grower, February 2014 Identification: Currently, bacterial leaf spot (Xanthomonas cucurbitacae) is not commonly found in Ontario. … Continue Reading Pest of the Month – Bacterial Spot of Pumpkins and Squash