Andy Wyenandt

Andy Wyenandt, Associate Professor, Rutgers University, is a Plant Pathologist stationed at the Rutgers Agricultural Research and Extension Center (RAREC) 121 Northville Road, Room 146 Bridgeton, NJ 08302. [email protected]. Wyenandt has for the last 15 years served as the New Jersey state extension specialist in plant pathology for vegetable and culinary herb diseases, responsible for the identification and control strategies for commercial field and greenhouse growers.
A Plant Breeding Breakthrough: Downy Mildew Resistant Sweet Basil
By Jim Simon | Andy Wyenandt | Richard Raid | Margaret T. McGrath | Kathryn Homa|April 29, 2020
A united effort by four universities delivers four new sweet basil varieties resistant to the disease that almost wiped out field-grown basil in the U.S.
Downy Mildew Wars
By Jim Simon | Andy Wyenandt | Margaret T. McGrath|February 8, 2010
Downy mildew of basil is a new, destructive disease that appears to be here to stay. It was […]
Fighting Downy Mildew
By Andy Wyenandt | Peter S. Ojiambo | Margaret T. McGrath|February 1, 2009
Downy mildew, caused by the fungus Pseudoperonospora cubensis, has been a familiar disease to cucurbit growers the past […]
Rating Risk With Fungicides With A Single Mode Of Action
By Andy Wyenandt | Margaret T. McGrath|May 1, 2007
All QoIs inhibit the fungi’s ability to undergo normal respiration in the exact same way, which is a very specific target site.
Understanding Fungicide Resistance
By Nancy Maxwell | Andy Wyenandt|April 1, 2007
How Resistance Develops Understanding why and how a fungus develops resistance to a specific fungicide is important to […]
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