Southern blight affects hundreds of different plants, including vegetables, field crops, ornamentals, and fruit. This disease is also known as southern stem blight, basal stem rot, Sclerotium blight, crown rot, and white mold (not to be confused with Sclerotinia white…
Plant Disease Diagnostic Lab Highlights
The following plant disease highlights have been compiled from samples submitted to the University of Kentucky Plant Disease Diagnostic Laboratories from May 1- June 1, 2020. Diagnostic samples of agronomic crops have included Rhizoctonia damping off on alfalfa; Pythium and…
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2020 Insect Trap Counts
Trap counts for major insect pests are provided by the Kentucky IPM Program. Traps are located at the UK Research and Education Center in western Kentucky and the UK Spindletop Farm in Lexington. Below are trap counts for the current…
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Cane Blight of Brambles
Cane blight occasionally impacts homegrown and commercial raspberries and blackberries in Kentucky. The disease causes lesions to develop on both primocanes (current-year canes) and floricanes (second-year or fruiting canes) and can result in reduced yield and cane death. Fungicides are…
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Cedar-Hawthorn Rust
Cedar-hawthorn rust is a common disease of apple, crabapple, hawthorn, and ornamental pear in Kentucky; it also affects quince, mountain ash, pear, and serviceberry. The pathogen overwinters as galls on its alternate hosts, cedar and juniper. Removal of these galls…
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Strawberry Scout Website
The publication An IPM Scouting Guide for Common Problems of Strawberry in Kentucky was first introduced in 2016 as an online/paper version. In order to improve access to this important scouting guide, a mobile website was developed. The Strawberry Scout…
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Grape Crown Gall (video)
Dr. Nicole Gauthier, UK Plant Pathology Extension Specialist, has created a short video (2:08 minutes) focusing on grape crown gall. This video provides information on disease appearance and prevention. This video is available online: Grape Crown Gall For additional publications…
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