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Onion Downy Mildew Detected in Vidalia Onion

Downy mildew was confirmed from the Tattnall County in Georgia on Vidalia Onion. The conditions currently are suitable for the infection and spread of the downy mildew pathogen. We urge growers to scout their crop routinely for any suspicious symptoms and contact their local county extension agent for further confirmation….
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Vegetable Growers Be Wary About Diseases on Transplants

Vegetable growers will start transplanting their crops soon. In order to reduce risk of introducing soil-borne pathogens in field it is important to screen your transplants before for symptoms particularly those that are caused by Pythium, Fusarium, Rhizoctonia. If the seedlings appear diseased, identification of the problem is critical. Do…
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Potential Options for Managing Frost-damage in Vegetable Crops (Coolong and Dutta) Because of the potential for an upcoming frost this week on newly planted vegetable transplants we are sure you are getting questions from concerned growers.  I have attached a link to a publication on frost and freeze protection https://secure.caes.uga.edu/extension/publications/files/pdf/B%201479_1.PDF  that,…
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Resistance to FRAC Group 11 fungicides (Quadris and Cabrio) in fungus causing cucurbit anthracnose in GA

We have detected insensitivity of Colletotrichum sp. (causal agent of anthracnose of cucurbits) to FRAC group 11 fungicides (Quadris and Cabrio) in multiple commercial fields in GA. Further confirmation in our lab indicated that 70 to 80% of the isolates are either highly resistant or moderately resistant to Quadris and Cabrio. These…
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