Plant Protection and Biotic and Abiotic Interactions
- Extension and Outreach -

Major Foci

1. Turfgrass and ornamental pathology
2. Tree fruit pathology
3. Small fruit pathology (blueberry, cranberry and viticulture)
4. Vegetable pathology
5. Best management practices for turf diseases
6. Organic turf management practices
7. Turf weed management and control

Highlights

1. Best management practices of turf diseases
   1. Anthracnose
   2. gray leaf spot
   3. dollar spot
2. Establishment of a weather network for viticulture
3. Development of phenology-based Vaccinium fruit rot programs
4. Management and control of cranberry fruit rot
5. Management of fungal and bacterial diseases of peach
6. Management and control of New Jersey vegetable diseases
7. Organic land and turf care
8. Adaptation and use of turfgrass species and varieties
9. Professional fertilizer applicators certification and training (ProFACT)
10. Identification of bacterial wilt, a new and threatening disease of blueberry
11. Monitoring bacterial leaf scorch of oak: a decade of disease progression in New Jersey
12. Characterization of 'silvering' caused by Phytophthora capsici and development of resistance in bell pepper

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