Weekly Late Blight Update

This page is the online version of a listserv intended to facilitate communication about late blight in New York and the contiguous states and Canadian provinces. The report is collected by Abby Seaman, NYS IPM's Area Extension Educator for Vegetables.

To send a message to the listserv, address it to:cce-staff-lateblight-l@cornell.edu

For 8-18-09:

Resources:

Late Blight of Potatoes and Tomatoes 1998, 1Mb pdf file

New reports this past week:

From a gardener in Eden (Erie Co.) NY:

I have a small home garden with 5 tomato plants in it--4 of the 5 are infected, and I am destroying them today.  I am in Erie County.

From Karen Snover-Clift 7/17:

Please note that this map indicates counties where late blight has been confirmed but do not assume that late blight is not present in counties without reports.  If you know of confirmed late blight in the "no report" counties please contact Abby Seaman (ajs32@cornell.edu).

From Sally Miller 8/13:

Late blight  confirmed today in Medina, Wayne and Clarke counties in Ohio.

From Sally Miller 8/12:

Late blight was confirmed in tomatoes in Licking and Portage Counties

in Ohio on August 11.  The Licking County report is from an organic tomato farm - late blight is well established in the field.

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