Category: Vegetable Pathology

Damping-Off on Direct-Seeded and Transplanted Vegetable Crops

March 25, 2024

By: Anthony Keinath, Vegetable Pathologist, Clemson Coastal REC Originally posted on SC Grower: https://scgrower.com/ “Damping-off” refers to root and stem rot on young seedlings of direct-seeded crops. “Stem and root rot” is used to describe the same disease on transplanted crops. I use the term “seedling disease” when information below applies to both types of crops. […]

Management of Alternaria Black Spot on Conventional and Organic Kale Grown in the Fall

July 31, 2023

Contributing Author: Dr. Anthony Keinath Black spot, also known as Alternaria leaf spot, is considered to be the most important fungal disease on organic kale in South Carolina. It tends to be more prevalent in the fall than in the spring. The primary cause is the fungus Alternaria brassicicola (AB), found worldwide on brassica crops. […]