VEGETABLES
 

NOW AVAILABLE! VEGETABLE MANAGEMENT GUIDE   2010-2011 New England Region

This site provides information for growers. Pest identification information may benefit the homeowner, but control methods will apply to the commercial scale grower. Look for the most recently posted articles marked

DEEP ZONE TILLAGE/VERTICAL TILLAGE ARTICLES

• Case Study: Deep Zone-Tillage (DZT) December 2009
• Soil Health and Deep Zone-Tillage  August 2008
• 2008 Compaction and Organic Matter Survey Results for Connecticut Vegetable Farms  March 2009
• Measuring Soil Health Before Converting To Deep-Zone Tillage March 2009

Scouting For Downy Mildew  November 2006 (346 Adobe Reader file)

Cucurbit Yellow Vine Disease in Connecticut  May 2005

Directions for Using a Perimeter Trap Crop Strategy to Protect Cucubit Crops  April 2005

Plectosporium Blight & New Spray Recommendations for 2005 January 2005

Protecting Cucumbers From Beetles and Wilt With Perimeter Trap Cropping Jan 2004

Perimeter Trap Cropping for Yellow and Green Summer Squash

Striped Cucumber Beetles, Acalymma vittata, (Coleoptera:Chrysomelidae) revised Oct. 2007

Maximizing Pumpkin Production Through Spacing, Fertilizer, Irrigation, and Varietal Selection

Using the Pre-Sidedress Nitrate Test for Pumpkins

Techniques for Improving Spray Coverage in Pumpkins and Winter Squash

Disease Tolerance of Zucchini and Yellow Squash Varieties/Varieties to Choose for Late Season Production

Characterization of the Black Rot Fungus & An Update on Bacterial Wilt

Squash Vine Borer Control

Leaf and Fruit Diseases of Cucurbits I - Diseases Accompanied by Fruit Rots

Leaf and Fruit Diseases of Cucurbits II - Diseases Accompanied by Fruit Spots

Mildew Diseases of Cucurbits

Black Rot of Cucurbits

Viruses of Cucurbits

Bacterial Wilt

Managing Fungicide Resistance for Powdery Mildew, Gummy Stem Blight & Downy Mildew

Consider Planting Disease Resistant Summer Squash and Zucchini

EGGPLANT:

Using IPM on CPB Saves Money, Insecticides

LETTUCE:

Lettuce Diseases in Connecticut

PEPPERS:

Perimeter Trap Crop Recommendations for Pepper Maggots

Summary: Pepper Integrated Pest Management Options   

Action Thresholds for Weeds in Peppers

Minor Diseases of Pepper

Bacterial Leaf Spot of Peppers

How to catch a fly! (pepper maggot)

Aphids

Aphids and Viruses

European Corn Borer

European Corn Borer Management in Peppers OR, No More Boring Borers

Managing Bacterial Leaf Spot in Pepper

Pepper Maggot: Damage, Detection, Monitoring and Management

Phytophthora Management

Genetic Control of Phytophthora

Preventing Bacterial Disease of Vegetables with Hot Water Seed Treatment

One Darn Good Reason to Rotate: Phytophthora

Resistant/Tolerant Vegetable Varieties Are Worth A Try

TOMATOES:

Powdery Mildew: A New Disease of Tomato

Bacterial Disease of Tomato

Early Blight Management in Fresh Market Tomatoes

Managing Bacterial Canker in Tomato: Key Strategies

Biological Pest Control in Greenhouse Tomatoes

Bacterial Leaf and Fruit Spots of Tomato

Fungal Leaf/Fruit Spots of Tomato

Fungal Leaf/Fruit Spots of Tomato II

Mosaic Diseases of Tomato

Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus

Vascular Wilts of Tomato

POTATOES:

• UConn Cooperative Extension Farm Risk Management Program  May 2007
• IPM Links
• Connecticut DEP Quinnipiac River Watershed ICM/IPM Success Story (this report is a 179 kb .pdf file and requires Adobe Reader.)
• UConn IPM Reports to the Connecticut State Legislature
  ( .pdf files require Adobe Reader)