Category Archives: Potato

Late Blight Found in Floyd County

Posted on September 1, 2014 by Elizabeth Bush

Late blight has been confirmed on tomato in Floyd County, VA, by the Virginia Tech Plant Disease Clinic. Potato and tomato growers should take precautionary actions and increase scouting. Cool and wet conditions favor development of this disease and fungicide sprays should be in place before the disease is present in a field or garden. For more information on late blight and late blight management, refer to the Extension publication available at: http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/ANR/ANR-6/ANR-6_pdf.pdf . Late blight was previously identified in Loudoun County, VA, on July 22; Rappahannock County, VA, on August 8; and Montgomery County, VA on August 20.

Late Blight Found in Montgomery County

Posted on August 21, 2014 by Elizabeth Bush

Late blight has been confirmed on tomato in Montgomery County, VA, by the Virginia Tech Plant Disease Clinic. Potato and tomato growers should take precautionary actions and increase scouting. Cool and wet conditions favor development of this disease and fungicide sprays should be in place before the disease is present in a field or garden. For more information on late blight and late blight management, refer to the Extension publication available at: http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/ANR/ANR-6/ANR-6_pdf.pdf . Late blight was previously identified in Loudoun County, VA, on July 22 and Rappahannock County, VA, on August 8.

Late blight found on Tomato in Rappahannock County, Virginia

Posted on August 13, 2014 by Sean Malone

The following information is from Elizabeth Bush with the Virginia Tech Plant Disease Clinic: Late blight has been confirmed on tomato in Washington, VA by the Virginia Tech Plant Disease Clinic. Potato and tomato growers (especially in the northern part of the Commonwealth) should take precautionary actions and increase scouting. Cool and wet conditions favor development of this disease and fungicide sprays should be in place before the disease is present in a field or garden. For more information on late blight and late blight management refer to the Extension publication available at http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/ANR/ANR-6/ANR-6_pdf.pdf . Late blight was previously identified in Loudoun County, VA on July 22.