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We just added a new photo gallery: Pythium root rot in Cucurbits View more cucurbit disease photo galleries.

Canker is the most destructive of the bacterial diseases affecting tomato with greater potential to kill plants than bacterial speck or spot.  Fortunately there has been very limited occurrence on Long Island in recent ...
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Updated 2017-04-07] We’ve recently added five new strawberry disease photo galleries: Black seed disease Black root rot Leaf spot Leather rot Phomopsis leaf blight Red stele root rot View additional strawberry disease photo galleries.

We just added a new photo gallery: Alternaria leaf spot on Brussels sprouts View more crucifer disease photo galleries.

Symptoms of Phytophthora blight on eggplant include leaf spots that can be large, fruit rot, crown rot, and dieback of the growing tip.  Plants with the last two symptoms often die. This disease has ...
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Bloat (aka stem and bulb) nematode was confirmed on garlic four times on Long Island between 2010 and 2016.  This nematode (Ditylenchus dipsaci) occurs where contaminated cloves were planted.  It can survive in soil ...
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White mold (aka timber rot) has been observed occasionally on Long Island in tomatoes growing in the field and in high tunnels.  Other crops observed affected in the area include pepper, lettuce, and cabbage. ...
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Beans are not as commonly affected by Phytophthora blight as other crops, notably cucurbit crops and peppers.  Beans have not been recognized as a host for the pathogen (Phytophthora capsici) for very long.  First ...
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Sunscald damage to fruit can occur when exposed to sunlight as a result of loss of leaves.  The potential for this to happen increases substantially in the fall because leaves have died and heavy ...
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