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This vegetable gardening chapter from the Extension Gardener Handbook explores the different types and techniques as well as how to select and implement a vegetable garden that fits the needs of the gardener. It explores seed selection, proper sowing, transplanting, and maintenance techniques as well as harvesting guidelines. The chapter concludes with a section on herb gardens.
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This diseases and disorders chapter from the Extension Gardener Handbook discusses how to keep plants healthy through cultural practices. The types of plant pathogens including: fungi, bacteria, nematodes, viruses, and parasitic plants are discussed. Strategies are reviewed for managing diseases using an integrated pest management approach.
This factsheet describes early blight of tomato, including identification, transmission and disease management, and control.
This vegetable pathology factsheet describes the identification and treatment of tomato late blight.
This factsheet offers information on damping off in flower and vegetable seedlings, a result of fungi present in the growing medium.
This vegetable pathology factsheet describes the identification and treatment of cucurbit downy mildew.
This vegetable pathology factsheet describes the identification and treatment of Botrytis gray mold of tomatoes.
Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) is an important pathogen that causes disease in numerous crops, especially tomatoes and peppers. Resistance-breaking variants of TSWV were discovered in NC on tomato varieties with the Sw-5 resistance gene during the summer of 2022. Given that host resistance is currently the most effective management strategy of TSWV, these strains pose a great threat to tomato production in the coming years. This article will focus on TSWV identification and management strategies for tomatoes and peppers.
This disease factsheet is a brief description of Verticillium wilt of tomato and eggplant. Symptoms, causal agent, and management are included.
This factsheet discusses the identification and control of cucurbit powdery mildew.
This vegetable pathology factsheet describes the identification and treatment of Gummy Stem Blight.
This vegetable disease factsheet discusses collar rot and Alternaria stem canker of tomato, which are caused by different species of fungi belonging to the genus Alternaria. Both pathogens can cause large, irregularly shaped stem lesions with pronounced concentric rings. However, the concentric rings may not always be pronounced with collar rot.
This factsheet discusses the symptoms and control of bacterial spot of peppers and tomatoes.
This plant disease fact sheet discusses southern blight, a soil-borne fungus that attacks tomatoes and peppers, and several other economically important crops, including beans, cantaloupe, carrots, peppers, potatoes, sweet potato, and watermelon.
This vegetable pathology factsheet describes the identification and treatment of Phytophthora blight of peppers.
This vegetable pathology factsheet describes the identification and treatment of potato late blight.
Southern bacterial wilt of tomatoes is addressed in this factsheet.
This vegetable pathology factsheet describes the identification and treatment of black rot in sweetpotatoes.
This vegetable pathology factsheet describes the identification and treatment of anthracnose in cucurbits.
This vegetable pathology factsheet describes the identification and treatment of Fusarium root rot of sweetpotato.
This factsheet covers the pathogen, host plants, symptoms, and management of downy mildew, a foliar disease that affects brassica crops.
This factsheet describes the identification and management of sweetpotato scurf.
This factsheet discusses the symptoms, causes and control of blossom-end rot in tomatoes, peppers, and watermelon.
This vegetable pathology factsheet describes the identification and treatment of Rhizopus soft rot of sweetpotatoes.
This factsheet covers the identification and control of septoria leaf spot of tomatoes.
This factsheet discusses the identification and management of Sclerotinia Drop of lettuce.
This factsheet discusses the identification and management of root knot nematode of sweetpotato.
This publication details strategies for to prevent and manage soilborne diseases in greenhouse crop production using soilless media. Tactics include sanitation measures, cultural practices, and the application of treatments to limit the development and spread of these diseases in the greenhouse.
This factsheet discusses the identification and management of geotrichum sour rot of sweetpotato.
Vegetable Disease Fact Sheet
This vegetable disease fact sheet discusses three foliar fungal diseases (Botrytis gray mold, leaf mold, and powdery mildew) of high tunnel and greenhouse tomatoes.
This publication provides information about what biopesticides are, how they control plant diseases, and how they are used to control diseases of vegetables.
This publication discusses using chemical plant protectants for disease control on greenhouse vegetables.
This factsheet discusses the identification and management of southern blight of sweetpotato.
