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Project Leader(s): Meg McGrath, Dept.
of Plant Pathology, Riverhead
Carol MacNeil, Vegetable Specialist, CCE
Ontario-Wayne-Yates Counties
Julie Kikkert, Vegetable Specialist, CCE
Ontario-Wayne-Yates Counties
Alan Erb, Vegetable Specialist, Lake Plains
Vegetable Program
Ted Blomgren, Vegetable Specialist, Capital
District Vegetable Program
Cooperator(s): Abby Seaman, Area Vegetable
IPM Specialist, WNY
John Mishanec, Area Vegetable IPM Specialist,
ENY
cucurbit growers in each participating county
Type of grant: Cultural
methods; sanitation; physical controls
Project location(s): Ontario-Wayne-Yates
Counties
Lake Plains
Schoharie County
Suffolk
Abstract: Phytophthora blight is a very
devastating disease that has been increasing in importance in New York and elsewhere
in the US. It has been identified as a high priority for the IPM program. The
main goal of this project was to work with growers in upstate New York to implement
a management program developed through years of research and observations on
Long Island. Unfortunately, weather conditions were generally not favorable
for Phytophthora blight in 2001. Blight only developed in 1 of 3 fields on commercial
farms where management practices were evaluated. In that field blight was less
where straw was used. Valuable information was obtained about the management
practices being used for Phytophthora blight in cucurbit crops by surveying
growers.
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