by Nicholas Dufault | Apr 19, 2024
The 2024 watermelon growing season is underway. This year, an uptick in cases of Fusarium wilt in watermelons has caught many by surprise. While there is little that can be done now to manage the disease, it is still important to understand and monitor the prevalence...
by Nicholas Dufault | Nov 3, 2023
Now that the 2023 Florida peanut season is behind us, it is important to review some of the common diseases that affected this year’s crop as well as future considerations for management. Here are some brief notes on southern stem rot/white mold, peanut leaf...
by Nicholas Dufault | May 19, 2023
Blights, spots and rusts; oh my! It is getting to that time of year when we start to see diseases showing up in corn and begin to wonder if we should spray a fungicide or not. Southern rust is an explosive and damaging corn disease in which fungicide applications can...
by Nicholas Dufault | Sep 30, 2022
Nicholas Dufault, UF/IFAS State Extension Plant Pathologist, Ethan Carter, UF/IFAS Regional Specialized Agent, Ian Small, UF/IFAS Plant Pathologist, Santosh Sanjel, UF/IFAS Plant Pathology Ph. D. Student and Zach Eldred, UF/IFAS Doctor of Plant Medicine Student ...
by Nicholas Dufault | Apr 1, 2022
Nicholas Dufault UF/IFAS Department of Plant Pathology, Gainesville, FL, and Zane Grabau and Chang (Diana) Liu, UF/IFAS Department of Entomology and Nematology, Gainesville, FL As we head into the 2022 peanut season, many farmers are thinking about how to cut...
