Long-dormant disease becomes most dominant foliar disease in New York onion crops
Friday, January 3, 2020 - 16:20
in Biology & Nature
Until recently, Stemphylium leaf blight has been considered a minor foliar disease as it has not done much damage in New York since the early 1990s. However, onion growers in New York have recently seen an increase in the dieback of their crops, and scientists were surprised to discover that SLB was the cause.