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  • Georgia/South Carolina Strawberry Update

    Jeff Cook

    UGA and Clemson have partnered with several researches and strawberry specialists to host a strawberry production meeting on August 19th beginning at 10am.

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  • Zivion Registration Producer Requests (Strawberry Transplant Dips for Anthracnose Control)

    Phil Brannen

    I am trying to get a company (DSM) to register Zivion (Natamycin a.i.) as a transplant dip for strawberries. It would be active against anthracnose and possibly Botrytis that would come in on the transplants. With the resistance we are seeing to multiple fungicides, we need to reduce disease from the beginning where possible, and…

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  • Strawberry Disease Recommendations

    Phil Brannen

    Guido Schnabel (Clemson University) just provided his recommendations for the remainder of the season concerning strawberry disease spray programs. See the strawberry IPM guide at www.smallfruits.org to supplement this information (especially FRAC groups), but I concur with his thoughts as we move forward this season. Guido writes. “In general, based on 8 years of testing,…

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  • Strawberry Disease Surge

    Phil Brannen

    As the coronavirus is wreaking havoc throughout the world, it is hard to get very excited about strawberry diseases – unless you make an income off strawberries.  Unfortunately, the mild temperatures and almost continual rainfall are making it very difficult to manage strawberry diseases at this time. Based on diseases we are currently observing in…

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  • Be Looking for Disease Issues

    Jeff Cook

    With all of the recent rain and plenty of green and ripe fruit we need to be on the lookout for diseases.

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  • Row Cover Usage

    Jeff Cook

    Row covers can be used to accomplish a few different things in strawberry plasticulture.  For us in Georgia, they are best suited for protecting blooms and small fruit from frost as we near our first harvest dates.

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  • Strawberry Fertility

    Jeff Cook

    Spring is just around the corner so we need to be thinking about our strawberry fertility programs.  Now is a great time to get a tissue sample.  This will give you a baseline and let you know if your pre-plant fertilizer has run out.  It also allows you to check and adjust boron (B) levels…

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  • Colletotrichum Resistance to QoI Fungicides

    Jeff Cook

    Anthracnose fruit rot disease, caused by fungal Colletotrichum species, is one of the most significant disease problems of commercial strawberry production in Georgia and the Southeast.  Resistance to site specific fungicides could result in control failures if proper resistance management strategies are not used.

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  • Colletotrichum resistance to QoI fungicides in Georgia

    Phil Brannen

    Please see the link below for information concerning the current status of QoI fungicide resistance in Georgia. This is important information for your 2020 disease control program. Colletotrichum resistance to QoI fungicides such as Abound and Pristine are prevalent throughout Georgia

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  • Scouting for Two-Spotted Spider Mites

    Jeff Cook

    Scouting for Two-Spotted Spider Mites is critical early in the strawberry season.  Managing this pest along with diseases will help plants be more productive once we move to spring harvest season. 

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