Plant Diseases Management

Downy mildew is now a year-long challenge for grape growers in the East. Downy mildew is often difficult to manage because it requires specific weather conditions to become a serious threat, but it can develop into an epidemic very quickly in favorable weather.

Black Root Rot found in strawberry plantings in the Mid-Atlantic this season.

Chilling injury in Honeycrisp apples is expressed in two main formats: soft scald and soggy breakdown, both of which lead to a loss of quality, marketability, and profitability, and therefore an increase in fruit loss and waste. Soft Scald symptoms are characterized by a light-dark brown soft sunken discoloration patch on the apple skin (Fig. 1).

Botrytis is a major disease threat as harvest approaches. Botrytis cinerea is a fungus that affects many plant species, especially wine grapes, where it is commonly known as Botrytis bunch rot or gray mold.

Trials were established at the Wye Research and Education Center in Queenstown, MD (WYE), Central Maryland Research and Education Center in Ellicott City, MD (CMREC), and Western Maryland Research and Education Center in Keedysville, MD (WMREC) in 2022 to assess the efficacy of select fungicides for the suppression of soybean foliar diseases.

Roots in Research - Yield of 2019 - Upper Marlboro CMREC

Peach Bronzing: Insights into a Troublesome Skin Disorder

Wheat Leaf Tip Necrosis Showing in Many Wheat Fields

Greasiness in apples: Why it happens and how to prevent it

Looking Back at Spring and Ahead to Harvest: Fireblight, Rust and Chemical Thinning