Late Blight Confirmed On Area Tomato Plants
To-date late blight has been confirmed on five farms in four counties and more unconfirmed outbreaks are suspected.
By Andrew Frankenfield Late blight was recently confirmed in Lancaster County in a commercial tomato field. This is the first confirmed report from Lancaster. Symptoms were most severe on a couple of plants that have been rogued from the field. Foliar lesions were observed on several nearby plants. A sample is being submitted to Cornell for genotyping. To date, late blight has been confirmed on potato and/or tomato on a total of five farms stretched across four counties (Blair, Franklin, Mifflin, and Lancaster) in Pennsylvania. Currently it is suspected, but not yet confirmed, in two additional counties and there are several suspected outbreaks in counties that have been confirmed with outbreaks of late blight. All confirmed outbreaks …
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