Category: Disease
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Are Hydrogen Peroxide Products Effective Fungicides?
From Clemson Plant Pathologist Dr. Tony Keinath. Should products with hydrogen peroxide, alone or combined with peroxyacetic acid, be used like fungicides on vegetables? It’s difficult to give just one answer to this question because there are so many different vegetables and diseases to consider. Here are a few important things to think about. Hydrogen…
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Downy Mildew Found on Watermelon in SC
Downy mildew was found yesterday, June 17, 2020, in one watermelon field in Bamberg County, South Carolina. All growers should immediately spray watermelon with Ranman, Revus, or Gavel to protect their crops from downy mildew. In addition to direct yield loss, loss of vine cover can expose fruit to sunburn (when the sun comes out…
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Alternaria Leaf Blight Common This Year
From Clemson Extension Plant Pathologist Tony Keinath. During the 2019 Cantaloupe Disease Survey, Alternaria leaf blight has been found in several fields. It was more common in fields that had not been sprayed recently than in fields sprayed on a regular schedule. It also was found in a field rotated only one year out of…
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Downy Mildew found in SC
From Clemson Plant Pathologist Dr. Tony Keinath: The first SC report of cucurbit downy mildew this year came on June 6 from a crop consultant, who found it on cucumbers in Bamberg County. Growers should spray all cucumber and cantaloupe crops to prevent or manage downy mildew. The cheapest downy mildew fungicide is Ranman. It…
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Testing What Controls Downy Mildew in Cucumbers – and What Doesn’t
From Clemson Plant Pathologist, Dr. Tony Keinath. Small growers can manage downy mildew on slicing cucumber and increase yields by growing a partially resistant cultivar, like Bristol, and spraying weekly with moderate-cost fungicides, like chlorothalonil rotated with Ranman. Trellising doesn’t help manage downy mildew. Read Dr. Keinath’s full article about testing cultural and chemical controls…
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American Foulbrood Found in Bee Hives in SC
The Department of Plant Industry (DPI) is informing the South Carolina Beekeepers Association (SCBA) Members that we have official confirmation from the Clemson DPI Bee Lab in Pendleton of American Foulbrood (AFB) in Pickens County. To be more specific, AFB was found near the town of Pickens and the positive AFB hives were removed from…
The South Carolina Grower 