Dr. Sally Miller is an Extension State Specialist for vegetable crop diseases. She works closely with growers, processors and Extension educators to develop practical solutions to crop production problems.
The vegetable pathology team diagnoses diseases in the laboratory and field, tests different disease control strategies within the umbrella of integrated pest management, and communicates results on a regular basis to our clientele. This is accomplished through electronic and print media as well as farm visits and presentations at meetings, tours and field days.
Photo: Sally speaking to cucumber growers at the 2006 Ohio Fruit and Vegetable Growers Congress in Columbus, OH. (photo courtesy of Ken Chamberlain)
Field Reports
Plant Pathology Series No. 116 (2001)
Plant Pathology Series No. 118 (2002)
Plant Pathology Series No. 120 (2003)
Plant Pathology Series No. 126 (2004)
Plant Pathology Series No. 135 (2005)
Plant Pathology Series No. 136 (2006)
Plant Pathology Series No. 138 (2007)
Disease Management Updates
2007
Downy Mildew Confirmed on Ohio Cucumbers: June 2007
2006
Powdery Mildew Confirmed on Ohio Cucurbits: July 2006
Downy Mildew Confirmed in Ohio Cucumbers: July 2006
Late Blight on Tomato in Pennsylvania: June 2006
Downy Mildew on Cucurbits in Michigan: June 2006
Muck Crops Update: June 30, 2005
News Broadcasts
NPR News Report featuring Sally Miller: Apples, Squash and Pumpkins may be in Short Supply at Local Farm Markets This Fall (requires Windows Media Player)
Presentations
Annual Muck Crops School (2007)
Diagnostics 101
Diagnostics 101 Version 2 (includes case studies)
Ohio Fruits and Vegetable Congress (2006)
Controlling Bacterial and Fungal Diseases in Tomato
Field Crop Pests' Influence on Vegetable Crops
Disease Management in Organic Vegetables
Potato Disease Management
Plant Pathology Techniques Seminar
"The "Ins and Outs" of Restriction Enzymes"
Men's Garden Club of Youngstown
"Healthy Organic Gardening"
Organic Farming Lecture Series
"Getting the Bugs Out the Healthy Way: Organic Strategies for Disease Management."
Ohio Vegetable and Small Fruit Research and Development Program Reports
2005
Disease Management in Cucumber (2005)
Resistance of mustard green cultivars to clubroot (2005)
Management of Rhizoctonia hypocotyl rot and clubroot in radishes (2005)
2004
Management of Damping-off in Vegetable Seedlings (2004)
Disease Management in Radish: Varietal, Fungicide and Tactics (2004)
Disease Management in Organic Cucurbit Crops (2004)
Effectiveness of Seed Treatments in Eliminating Bacterial Pathogens on Seed and their Effects on Gemination and Seedling Vigor (2004)
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Fact Sheets provide information on the casual agent, symptoms and management practices of diseases.
Solanaceous Crops
Anthracnose of pepper
Anthracnose of tomato
Bacterial spot of pepper
Bacterial spot, speck and canker of tomatoes
Bacterial ring rot of potato
Black leg, areil stem rot and tuber soft rot of potato
Early blight of potato and tomato
Fusarium dry rot and seed-piece decay of potato
Fusarium and verticillium wilts of tomato, potato, pepper and eggplant
Late blight of potato and tomato
Phytopthora blight of peppers and cucurbits
Rhizoctonia stem and stolon canker of potato
Septoria leaf spot of tomatoes
Scab of potato tubers
Blossom End Rot of Tomato, Pepper and Eggplant
Vine Crops
Gummy stem blight and black rot of cucurbits
Powdery mildew of vine crops
Fusarium wilt of vine crops
Bacterial wilt of cucurbits
Phytopthora blight of peppers and cucurbits
Mosaic viruses of vine crops
Beans
Damping-off and root rot of beans
Crucifers
Black rot of crucifer
Downy mildew of crucifers
Clubroot of crucifers
Management Strategies
New! Hot Water Treatment of Vegetable Seeds to Eradicate Bacterial Plant Pathogens in Organic Production Systems.
Hot Water and Chlorine Treatment of Vegetable Seeds to Eradicate Bacterial Plant Pathogens
All or part of the Fact Sheets may be copied without permission for educational, non-profit purposes. Credit must be given to "Ohio State University Extension."
Muck Crop Breakfasts
Celeryville, OH
April-October
Last Thursday of every month, 9 am
OFFER Field Day
The Ohio State university-OARDC
West badger Farm, Wooster
Contact: kathy Bielek (bielek.4@osu.edu, 330-202-3528)
2009 International Disease and Insect Pest Diagnostics Short Course
(http://plantpath.osu.edu/extension/international/)
The Ohio State University-OARDC
Wooster, OH
August 10-21, 2009
Contact: Dr. Sally Miller, miller.769@osu.edu, 330-263-3678
23rd Annual Tomato Disease Workshop
Mississippi State University
Eagle Ridge Conference Center (conference.ext.msstate.edu)
October 15-17, 2008
Contact: David Ingram
(davidi@ext.msstate.edu)
(2005 TDW Agenda and 2005 TDW Presentations and Proceedings)
2009 APS Meeting
Portland, Oregon
Portland Convention Center
August 1-5, 2009
www.apsnet.org
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