Scouting Guides for Problems of Vegetables
Scouting Guides for Problems of Vegetables

Additional Resources

Additional Resources

Commercial Disease Management & Production Information 

  • Biological Products for Tomato Disease Management PPFS-VG-24 
  • Cleaning & Disinfecting Hand Tools & Planting Supplies PPFS-GEN-17
  • Cleaning & Sanitizing Commercial Greenhouse Surfaces PPFS-GH-07
  • Commercial Spray Schedule for Field Production of Cucumbers (PPFS-VG-32)    View Online        Download PDF
  • Commercial Spray Schedule for Field Production of Pumpkins (PPFS-VG-34)    View Online        Download PDF
  • Commercial Spray Schedule for Field Production of Solanaceous Crops PPFS-VG-30
  • Commercial Spray Schedule for Field Production of Summer Squash & Zucchini (PPFS-VG-35)    View Online        Download PDF
  • Commercial Spray Schedule for High Tunnel Production of Cucumbers (PPFS-VG-33)    View Online        Download PDF
  • Commercial Spray Schedule for High Tunnel Production of Tomatoes PPFS-VG-31
  • Commercial Spray Schedule for Production of Melons PPFS-VG-37
  • Commercial Spray Schedule for Production of Winter Squash PPFS-VG-36
  • Cultural Calendars for Commercial Production (series)
  • Diagnosis of Vegetable Diseases in Production PPFS-VG-13
  • Disease Management Practices for Saved Vegetable Seeds PPFS-VG-09
  • Disease Management Roadmap for Small Acreage Growers PPFS-GEN-25-IG  portrait view   landscape view
  • Economic Evaluation of Rotating High Tunnel Tomato with Fresh-cut Flowers CCD-FS-29
  • Greenhouse Sanitation PPFS-GH-04
  • Integrated Crop Management for Kentucky Cabbage IPM-11
  • Integrated Pest Management Grower Manual – Pepper (Kentucky) IPM-13
  • Integrated Pest Management Grower Manual – Pumpkin (Kentucky) IPM-12
  • Integrated Pest Management Scout Manual – Sweet Corn (Kentucky) IPM-10
  • MyIPM for Vegetables (how-to guide for using the MyIPM app with smart phone/smart device)
  • Organic Commercial Spray Schedule for Field Production (series)
  • Pesticide Calculations for Small Acreages EntFact-800
  • Postharvest Management of Acorn Squash Video
  • Postharvest Disease Losses in Fruit & Vegetable Crops PPFS-GEN-24
  • Preventing Postharvest Disease Losses: From Field to storage video
  • Rotating Cut Flowers Within a Tomato High Tunnel Production System CCD-FS-23
  • Southeastern U.S. Vegetable Crop Handbook (2025) SEVEW 
  • Sweetpotato Production for Kentucky ID-195
  • Vegetable Production Guide for Commercial Growers ID-36  

     

Residential Disease Management & Production Information

  • Cleaning & Disinfecting Hand Tools & Planting Supplies PPFS-GEN-17
  • Diagnosis of Vegetable Diseases in Production PPFS-VG-13
  • Disease Management Practices for Saved Vegetable Seeds PPFS-VG-09
  • Disease Management Roadmap for Small Acreage Growers PPFS-GEN-25-IG  portrait view   landscape view
  • Home Vegetable Disease Management, Part 1: Overview of the Integrated Pest Management Pyramid Video
  • Home Vegetable Disease Management, Part 2: Sustainable Solanaceous Disease Management Video
  • Home Vegetable Disease Management, Part 3: Sustainable Cucurbit Disease Management Video
  • Home Vegetable Disease Management, Part 4: Sustainable Legume Disease Management Video
  • Home Vegetable Disease Management, Part 5: Sustainable Leafy Green Disease Management Video
  • Home Vegetable Gardening ID-128
  • Homeowner's Guide to Fungicides PPFS-GEN-07
  • Small Acreage & Backyard IPM Guide (series)
    • Bean & Pea IPM Guide for Small Acreage & Backyard Production PPFS-VG-22
    • Cole Crop IPM Guide for Small Acreage & Backyard Production PPFS-VG-23
    • Cucurbit Crop IPM Guide for Small Acreage & Backyard Production PPFS-VG-19
    • Tomato & Pepper IPM Guide for Small Acreage & Backyard Production PPFS-VG-21

     

General Vegetable Diseases

  • Botrytis Blight PPFS-GEN-19
  • Damping-off of Vegetables & Herbaceous Ornamentals PPFS-GEN-03
  • Edema PPFS-GEN-18
  • Fusarium Wilts of Vegetable Crops PPFS-VG-15
  • Historical Farm Practices & Their Influence on Disease Management PPFS-GEN-26
  • IPM Scouting Guide for Common Problems of High Tunnel and Greenhouse Vegetable Crops In Kentucky ID-235
  • IPM Scouting Guide for Common Problems of High Tunnel and Greenhouse Vegetable Crops in Kentucky (mobile website
  • Powdery Mildew PPFS-GEN-02
  • Rhizoctonia Diseases in Specialty Crop Production PPFS-GEN-21
  • Root-knot Nematode in Vegetable Cropping Systems PPFS-VG-28
  • Sclerotinia Diseases of Vegetable Crops PPFS-VG-29
  • Sooty Molds Associated with Insect Pests PPFS-GEN-22
  • Southern Blight PPFS-GEN-16 

        

Cucurbit Vegetable Diseases

  • Bacterial Wilt of Cucurbits PPFS-VG-11
  • Cucurbit Downy Mildew in Kentucky PPFS-VG-27
  • Fruit Diseases of Cucurbits PPFS-VG-07
  • Gummy Stem Blight and Black Rot of Cucurbits PPFS-VG-08
  • IPM Scouting Guide for Common Problems of Cucurbit Crops in Kentucky ID-91
  • IPM Scouting Guide for Common Problems of High Tunnel and Greenhouse Vegetable Crops in Kentucky (mobile website)
  • Leaf Spot Diseases of Cucurbits PPFS-VG-10
  • Powdery Mildew PPFS-GEN-02
  • Powdery Mildew of Cucurbits: Identification & Management Video
  • Phytophthora Blight of Cucurbits & Solanaceous Vegetables PPFS-VG-04
  • Yellow Vine Decline of Cucurbits (PPFS-VG-12)     View Online        Download PDF

        

Solanceous Vegetable Diseases

  • Bacterial Canker of Tomato PPFS-VG-06
  • Bacterial Spot of Pepper & Tomato PPFS-VG-17
  • Blackleg & Bacterial Soft Rot of Potato PPFS-VG-18
  • Blossom End Rot CCD-FS-11
  • Early Blight & Septoria Leaf Spot of Tomato – Disease Management for Commercial Growers PPFS-VG-25
  • Early Blight & Septoria Leaf Spot of Tomato – Disease Management for Residential Growers PPFS-VG-26
  • IPM Scouting Guide for Common Pests of Solanaceous Crops in Kentucky ID-172
  • IPM Scouting Guide for Common Problems of High Tunnel and and Greenhouse Vegetable Crops in Kentucky (mobile website)
  • Phytophthora Blight of Cucurbits & Solanaceous Vegetables PPFS-VG-04
  • Tomato "Blight" -- Leaf Diseases that Cause Blighting in Home Gardens PPFS-VG-38

        

Misc. Vegetable Crop Diseases

  • Black Rot of Crucifers PPFS-VG-01
  • IPM Scouting Guide for Common Problems of Cole Crops in Kentucky ID-216
  • IPM Scouting Guide for Common Problems of Legume Vegetables in Kentucky ID-227
  • IPM Scouting Guide for Common Problems of Sweet Corn in Kentucky ID-184
  • Lettuce Drop Disease: Identification & Potential Management Options Video

     

College of Agriculture, Food, and Environment Websites

Contact Information

201F Plant Science Building 1405 Veterans Drive Lexington, KY 40546-0312