{"id":10784,"date":"2021-06-30T16:00:10","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T20:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/?p=10784"},"modified":"2023-07-26T17:58:44","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T21:58:44","slug":"michigan-vegetable-crop-report-june-30-202","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/2021\/06\/30\/michigan-vegetable-crop-report-june-30-202\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan vegetable crop report \u2013 June 30, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Because of current weather conditions, both Downy mildew and <em>Phytophthora<\/em> are expected to affect cucumbers in Michigan.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;With the field report of downy mildew in Ontario, it is fully expected that the pathogen\u2019s sporangia will be dispersed to Michigan\u2019s growing regions. Our spore trap network has picked up three instances of downy mildew in air samples.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"width: 2884px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canr.msu.edu\/vegetables\/uploads\/images\/faces%20of%20phytophthora%20ben%20werling.png?language_id=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.canr.msu.edu\/vegetables\/uploads\/images\/faces%20of%20phytophthora%20ben%20werling.png?language_id=1\" alt=\"two images of disease symptoms\" width=\"2874\" height=\"1907\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Faces of Phytophthora: On the left, soil infested with <em>Phytophthora capsici<\/em> was splashed onto the crown of the zucchini plant, killing it. On the right, infested soil splashed onto the leaf and petiole of this plant, the whole plant didn\u2019t die (yet). Photos by Ben Werling, MSU Extension.<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Earlier this growing season when field conditions were dry, <em>Phytophthora capsici<\/em> crown rot was not expected. This situation has now taken a dramatic turn as the recent heavy rains, saturated soils, and high relative humidity have literally created a perfect storm for <em>Phytophthora<\/em> development and crop destruction.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The recent overcast, humid, and wet conditions ensure that the sporangia will survive being transported via air currents from a diseased field to healthy cucumbers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[241],"tags":[399,319,116],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10784"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10784"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14487,"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10784\/revisions\/14487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}