PP241/PP162 A Series on Diseases in the Florida Vegetable Garden: Watermelon

edis.ifas.ufl.edu | Oct 26, 2007

PP 241, an 8-page illustrated fact sheet by Pamela Roberts, Rosa Muchovej, Tom Kucharek, Ken Pernezny, and Timur Momol, describes microorganisms that cause plant diseases, including fungi, bacteria and viruses, plus specific watermelon diseases. Includes tips for disease prevention. Published by

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/PP162

Breeders scan collections for cyst nematode resistance

www.farmersguardian.com | Aug 17, 2007

POTATO breeders are scanning potato collections in the search for species with genetic resistance to potato cyst nematodes, Dr John Bradshaw of SCRI said at Dundee.

http://www.farmersguardian.com/story.asp?sectioncode=19&storycode=12174&c=1

Mother Earth News Magazine

Jeff's method concentrates pruning at the base of the plant by removing leaves that eventually will be lost to early blight anyway. When the lowest leaves are removed just as the first leaf spots appear, you also remove millions of spores.

http://www.motherearthnews.com/blogs/blog.aspx?blogid=1502&tag=early%20blight%20prevention

Bacterial Diseases in Snap Beans

We are starting to see signs of the bacterial blight diseases show up in snap beans. The tomato industry is certainly struggling to manage their bacterial diseases this year.

http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/hort/news/hortmatt/2003/21hrt03a1.htm

Autumn00 | RuralNI

Benchmarking is a term widely used in businesses outside horticulture. It involves measuring costs and returns, comparing them to others and making improvements based on the results.

http://www.ruralni.gov.uk/index/publications/bulletins/bulletins_horticulture/topfruit/tfautumn00.htm

Fungicide-Bactericide

www.mrdc.com

MRD manufactures Copper-Count-N®, our liquid fungicide-bactericide used for disease control and labeled on all the crops pictured here, as well as others.

http://www.mrdc.com/html/fungicide-bactericide.asp

Dothistroma needle blight is a common and serious disease of Austrian and ponderosa pines planted...

Dothistroma needle blight is a common and serious disease of Austrian and ponderosa pines planted for windbreak and ornamental purposes. Mugo pine also is susceptible to the disease, but Scots pine is considered more resistant.

http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/path-ext/factSheets/Trees/Pines/Dothistroma%20Needle%20Blight%20of%20Pines.asp

Euonymus Diseases & Insect Pests

There are 60 different forms of euonymusavailable from American sources. They range from evergreen shrubs, such as Euonymus japonicus, to evergreen vines, such as E. fortunei or Wintercreeper, to deciduous groundcovers, such as E. obovata.

http://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheets/HGIC2054.htm