{"id":15833,"date":"2024-03-20T13:00:48","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T17:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/?p=15833"},"modified":"2024-05-06T13:02:42","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T17:02:42","slug":"south-florida-pest-and-disease-hotline-march-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/2024\/03\/20\/south-florida-pest-and-disease-hotline-march-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"South Florida Pest and Disease Hotline | March 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Cucurbit disease updates<\/h2>\n<h3>In Southwest Florida:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Whitefly populations are moderate to very high in watermelon, cucumbers, and other vegetables.<\/li>\n<li>Scouts report Watermelon Crinkle Leaf Associated Virus 1 (WCLaV-1) has been identified in some fields.<\/li>\n<li>Low levels of Cucurbit Leaf Crumple Virus (CuLCrV) and mosaic virus have also been reported on watermelon.<\/li>\n<li>In squash, very low to low virus incidence was reported.<\/li>\n<li>Anthracnose (<em>Collectotrichum<\/em>) has been reported in watermelon plants submitted to <a href=\"https:\/\/swfrec.ifas.ufl.edu\/programs\/veg-plant-path\/plant-clinic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Southwest Florida Research &amp; Education Center<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>In watermelons, the incidence of powdery mildew of cucurbits (<em>Podosphaera xanthii<\/em>) is reported to be low.<\/li>\n<li>In squash, reports indicate moderate levels of powdery mildew, with greater incidence and severity in older plantings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>In Homestead:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Powdery mildew is present in cucurbits throughout most of the area.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<h3>In Central Florida:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Reports indicate older squash plantings have moderate to high populations of whitefly, with younger squash having low populations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-default btn-md\" href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/574a1adbb172\/2024-03-18?e=268985477d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anthracnose has been reported in watermelon plants submitted to Southwest Florida Research &amp; Education Center.<\/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":[38,321,37,31,637],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15833"}],"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=15833"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16114,"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15833\/revisions\/16114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}