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Date: 8 October 2008
Source: The Packer [edited]
<http://thepacker.com/icms/_dtaa2/content/wrapper.asp?alink=2008-15450-432.asp&stype=topnews&fb>
Georgia's bell peppers [capsicum] and other Southern vegetables
in early October [2008] experienced lower yields from the
effects of Tropical Storm Fay, which deluged the growing region
with double-digit rainfall. Rains from the late-August [2008]
storm have caused disease problems on peppers and other crops
such as cucumbers and squash, growers report.
Steven Johnson, salesman for South Georgia Produce Inc., Lake
Park, Ga., said, "There is a lot of damage to the pepper from
Fay that didn't really show up until the last couple of weeks as
far as disease. We should see volume cut almost in half."
Jim Monteith, sales manager for Pacific Collier Fresh Co.,
Immokalee, Fla., said, "We will see a reduced yield with this
crop due to Tropical Storm Fay. There are bacteria problems in
Georgia with the crop in every grower's fields and I'm sure that
some growers may have more problems than others."
Jeff Stepanovich, salesman, said, "On crops like peppers and
squash, there is a lot of disease pressure that is affecting
(them) and will continue to affect yields. I would say that
Georgia will only yield around 70 percent of its normal volume
on bell pepper."
[Byline: Doug Ohlemeier]
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[Bell peppers are a group of cultivars of the species _Capsicum
annuum_, which can produce red, yellow, green, and orange
fruits.
Bacterial diseases of capsicum, which are mentioned above, are
know to be caused by species in the genera of _Xanthomonas_
(leaf spot), _Ralstonia_ (wilt), _Clavibacter_ (canker), and
_Pseudomonas_ (seedling blight, leaf spot). Bacterial, fungal,
and insect-transmitted viral pathogens can be expected to thrive
on crops under conditions as are currently being found in the
area described.
Maps
USA:
<http://www.mapsofworld.com/usa/usa-road-map-enlarge-view.html>
and <http://healthmap.org/promed?v=40,-97.6,4>
US states:
<http://www.census.gov/geo/www/us_regdiv.pdf>
Pictures
Bell peppers:
<http://www.biology-blog.com/images/blogs/12-2006/bell-pepper-9831.jpg>
Bacterial leaf spot of capsicum, photo gallery:
<http://vegetablemdonline.ppath.cornell.edu/PhotoPages/Peppers/PepperLeafSpot/LSPepperPhotoList.htm>
Bacterial wilt of cucurbits, photo gallery:
<http://vegetablemdonline.ppath.cornell.edu/PhotoPages/Cucurbit/BactWilt/BactWiltPhotoList.htm>
Links
List of bacterial and other pathogens of capsicum:
<http://www.apsnet.org/online/common/names/pepper.asp>
Disease and pathogen lists of different vegetable crops via:
<http://www.apsnet.org/online/common/search.asp>
Vegetable crop diseases, fact sheets (with pictures) via:
<http://vegetablemdonline.ppath.cornell.edu/cropindex.htm>.
- Mod.DHA]
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