Volume 26, Issue 13 June 22, 2018 Vegetable Crops Downy Mildew Resistant Cucumbers – Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Sweet Corn Insect Management – David Specialist;
[email protected] Owens, Extension Entomologist, With downy mildew being found in pickling
[email protected] and Bill Cissel, Extension cucumbers on Delmarva, resistant varieties Agent – Integrated Pest Management; should be considered.
[email protected] We now have several slicing and pickling Sweet corn trapping data is updated by Tuesday cucumbers with some degree of resistance to the and Friday mornings and can be accessed here: current aggressive cucumber downy mildew http://agdev.anr.udel.edu/trap/trap.php . I strain. According to Clemson University new expect earworm counts to start decreasing; you research has identified two strains of cucurbit can look at our historical trapping data downy mildew: A1 attacks cucumber and Trap BLT – CEW Pheromone Corn cantaloupes (the most aggressive strain), while Location (3 nights CEW Spray A2 attacks watermelon, pumpkins, and squashes. total (3 nights Schedule In gynoecious slicing cucumbers, Bristol, catch) total catch) SV3462CS and SV4719CS and associated Dover 1 8 4 day pollenizers have intermediate resistance to Harrington 0 4 4-5 day cucumber downy mildew. In gynoecious pickles, Milford 0 3 5 day Citadel, Peacemaker, and SVCN6404 with Rising Sun 0 22 4 day associated pollenizers have intermediate Wyoming 0 0 No spray resistance. Next generation downy mildew Bridgeville 0 12 4 day resistant varieties are being tested this year on Concord 0 3 5 day Delmarva. Georgetown 0 0 No spray These varieties are not immune to downy Greenwood 0 0 No spray mildew, but they show less disease under the Laurel 0 7 4 day same pressure and will out yield susceptible Seaford 0 0 No spray varieties.