Thursday, 25 February 2016

PRO/PL> Downy mildew, lettuce - USA: (FL)

Other Plant Disease -- United States
Cool, damp conditions in Florida this [2015/16] winter have meant an increase in lettuce downy mildew. Primarily a foliar disease, it has a direct effect on yield and quality as it affects the marketable portion of the crop.
Transplants might be infected in the greenhouse. If downy mildew infects the cotyledons of young seedlings, the plants might die. Although yield losses in the field may be substantial, downy mildew's impact often is accentuated by significant postharvest losses during

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/1Oxqazv

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