Publications - Fruits & Vegetables
For information on crops or diseases not covered on this page, you can email Megan Kennelly.
Fruit resources:
The following resource is a regional guide for commercial fruit growers.
This regional resource provides information for home fruit production, including disease management:
Fruit diseases - specific fact sheets:
Vegetables
The following resource is an excellent regional guide for commercial vegetable growers. It is updated annually by plant pathologists, entomologists, horticulturalists, and weed scientists across the Midwest:
Midwest Vegetable Production Guide for Commercial Growers, 2018
Tomato diseases and disorders
Several important diseases and abiotic disorders of tomatoes are covered in the two following publications.
Wilt, Nematode, and Virus Diseases of Tomato
Includes Fusarium wilt, Verticillium wilt, Walnut wilt, Root knot nematode, Viruses
Tomato Leaf and Fruit Diseases and Disorders
Includes: Anthracnose, Septoria leaf spot, early blight, bacterial canker, bacterial spot, bacterial speck, blossom end rot, growth cracks
Soil and Cover Crops Resources
Many plant stresses are related to suboptimal site conditions, including soil factors. Here are some resources about soil and related topics:
Managing Cover Crops Profitably
Building Soils for Better Crops
Gardening on lead-contaminated soils
Growing under cover, a Kansas grower's guide
Estimating soil texture by feel
Midwest cover crops council selector tool
Soil management YouTube videos (how to collect soil samples, texture by feel, etc)
Soil health bootcamp YouTube Channel