Margaret T. McGrath
Margaret T. McGrath, Associate Professor, Cornell University, is a Plant Pathologist stationed at the Long Island Horticultural Res & Extension Center, 3059 Sound Avenue, Riverhead, NY 11901. [email protected]. McGrath has served as one of New York’s vegetable and culinary herb extension specialists for over 30 years working on the identification and control of vegetable and culinary herb diseases in New York.
What Growers Need to Know About Biopesticides
By Margaret T. McGrath|August 6, 2018
Biocontrol chemistries can be as effective as their synthetic counterparts if you know how to use them.
Late Blight Developing In The Eastern U.S.
By Margaret T. McGrath|July 10, 2013
To date there have been 17 confirmed reports of late blight in the Eastern U.S. from Louisiana to […]
Mildew Control In Organic Cucurbits
By Margaret T. McGrath|June 10, 2013
New tools for growers include resistant varieties, biopesticides, and spore exclusion tunnels.
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 […]
Online Exclusive: Update on Late Blight in the Northeast
By Margaret T. McGrath|July 29, 2009
Since the announcement of an early-season outbreak of late blight posted at this site on July 3, this […]
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.
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