The cabbage looper is native to the United States and feeds on many cultivated vegetables, including all members of the cabbage family. This pest survives the winter only in the Gulf States. The adults migrate northward ...

The sugar-beet cyst nematode, Heterodera schachtii, was first discovered on red beets in Syracuse in 1961 and near Lyons, New York, in 1970. This nematode is now known to be distributed throughout the red beet- and ...

Diagnosis of nematode damage and management on an as-needed basis requires assessing nematode soil infestation levels in representative soil samples collected from the target field or a section of the field. Inclusion of ...

Onion thrips are present throughout the United States and in many other parts of the world. They feed on numerous vegetable plants, weeds, and field crops. In northeastern United States, they are a perennial pest of onions ...

Phytophthora blight of pepper is caused by the fungus Phytophthora capsici. Other names applied to this disease of peppers are damping off and Phytophthora root rot, crown rot, and stem and fruit rot. All of these names ...

Gummy stem blight, caused by the fungus Didymella bryoniae as the sexual stage (perithecia giving rise to ascospores) and Phoma cucurbitacearum as the asexual stage (pycnidia producing conidia), is a common disease of all ...

Most seedborne pathogens can cause substantial reductions in yield or quality in the subsequent crop. However, some diseases such as late blight, ring rot and leafroll have the potential to spread quickly through the crop ...

Septoria leaf spot of tomato caused by the fungus Septaria lycapersici occurs on tomatoes worldwide. The fungus infects only solanaceous plants, of which tomato is the most important. Tomatoes may often be infected with ...

For the past century the Mexican bean beetle has been a pest in the United States. Until 1920, when it was discovered in northern Alabama, it was a more or less serious bean pest in the western part of the United States ...

Many vegetables in the family Cruciferia are grown in New York, including cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, Chinese cabbage, mustard greens, turnip, and radish. Although at least six viruses are known to ...