The Citizen of the Year Award was presented to Margaret Tuttle McGrath, Associate Professor Emeritus, on 4 April 2025 during the Long Island Farm Bureau’s 103rd annual awards gala. This award is given to ...
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Award of Merit was presented to Margaret Tuttle McGrath, Associate Professor Emeritus, on 7 March 2024 during the annual meeting of the Northeast Division of the American Phytopathological Society (NED-APS). The purpose of this ...
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Tomato seed and plants potentially contaminated with tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) From Meg McGrath, Long Island Horticultural Research & Extension Center, mtm3@cornell.edu: Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) has been found this spring ...
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From Meg McGrath, Long Island Horticultural Research & Extension Center, mtm3@cornell.edu: Plants of downy mildew resistant sweet basil variety Prospera severely affected by downy mildew were observed in a commercial greenhouse planting in Suffolk County, ...
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We added a new photo gallery: Turnip mosaic virus on crucifers View more vegetable disease photo galleries.
We added two new photo galleries Onion yellow dwarf virus on shallots Onion purple blotch And added new images to Rust on asparagus.
From Meg McGrath, Long Island Horticultural Research & Extension Center, mtm3@cornell.edu: Downy mildew was confirmed affecting watermelon in the sentinel plot at LIHREC on 9/1. This is the third time this disease has been observed ...
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More photo galleries for your viewing pleasure: Aparagus rust Bean anthracnose Bacterial brown spot on beans
From Meg McGrath, Long Island Horticultural Research & Extension Center, mtm3@cornell.edu: A gardener in Westhampton Beach posted a report with confirming pictures at the Basil Downy Mildew Monitoring website. Symptoms (yellowing of leaves) was first noticed ...
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From Meg McGrath, Long Island Horticultural Research & Extension Center, mtm3@cornell.edu: Downy mildew has again started developing early (mid-July) on Long Island, which was anticipated following early detection in New Jersey (6/11/22). Since 2007 when monitoring was ...
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