Field Report for April 29, 2026

I will be including brief field reports in the feed through the growing season, featuring real-time reports from extension specialists in New England, New York, and the mid-Atlantic states.

Pay close attention to where some of these reports are coming from because we’ll be covering a wide region and please reach out if you need help connecting with your local extension specialist wherever you are. We’ll get you hooked up with the right expert in your area!

 

US Drought Monitor Northeast Report

https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?Northeast 

 

Prediction model for cabbage maggot

https://newa.cornell.edu/cabbage-maggot/ 

 

More information about asparagus beetle

https://academic.oup.com/jipm/article/5/3/B1/2194056 

 

More information about leek moth

https://www.uvm.edu/extension/leek-moth-information-center 

 

More information about allium leafminer

https://cals.cornell.edu/integrated-pest-management/outreach-education/fact-sheets/allium-leafminer 

 

Video from Cornell’s Veg Team’s Stop the Rot Project identifying foliar symptoms of bacterial diseases of onion and how to distinguish bacterial diseases from other non-bacterial lookalikes.

https://youtu.be/pTYmdIwjbao?si=Mf0GfKlioUIxSlE7 

 

From Christy Hoepting (CCE Cornell Vegetable Program): Cornell Onion (Dry Bulb) Fungicide “Cheat Sheet” for Control of Leaf Diseases in New York, 2025

https://rvpadmin.cce.cornell.edu/uploads/doc_1216.pdf 

 

Onion disease risk prediction tool that can help you track your risk to Botrytis leaf blight, onion downy mildew, and purple blotch

https://newa.cornell.edu/onion-diseases/