Tag: tomato
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Bacterial Spot on Tomato: Are the Cures as Bad as the Disease?
From Clemson Plant Pathologist Tony Keinath and Extension Agent Zack Snipes. Now that tomatoes are in the ground in coastal South Carolina, it’s time to think about a tomato spray program for a disease that shows up every year: bacterial spot. Current recommendations are based on a tank mix of copper + mancozeb. The comments…
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Weekly Field Update – 8/29/22
Coming up this week, the SC Dept. of Agriculture and Clemson Extension are working together to offer the South Carolina Produce Safety Rule Grower Training online 8/30 & 8/31 from 1-5:30pm. It is too late to get on-board for this week, but the final online training for the year is scheduled for the end of…
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Question of the Week – TSWV
This week, the question was: What is going on with this pepper leaf? This pepper leaf is showing symptoms of a virus, likely tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV). TSWV is an important virus of tomato, pepper, eggplant, peanuts, tobacco, etc. that causes significant yield loss to infected plants. Numerous ornamental and weed species are also…
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Managing Southern Blight on Tomato and Pepper After Detection
From Clemson Plant Pathologist Tony Keinath. As reported in the June 6 edition of SC Grower, southern blight is showing up in crops of tomato and pepper. At this late date in the growing season, the best fungicide option for conventional growers is Priaxor, two applications made 2 weeks apart at a cost of $34…
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