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Controlling Downy Mildew on Impatiens walleriana
March 26, 2012
Researchers, extension educators and representatives from the impatiens production industry are working together with AFE to control impatiens downy mildew.
AFE has compiled downy mildew resources for growers, landscapers and retailers:
- Illustrations of symptoms in production and landscape
- Fact sheet
- Preventive and responsive chemical control programs
- Impatiens Downy Mildew in the Landscape
- Impatiens Downy Mildew in the Home Garden
- Assessing risk
- Tips for Protecting Impatiens
- A Practical Approach for Landscaper Gardeners
- Disease prevention schedule
Impatiens Downy Mildew landscape substitutions- Impatiens Downy Mildew presentation
- Managing Downy Mildew of Impatiens PowerPoint (Large File)
- Video from Doug Caldwell, Ph.D., University of Florida
- FLORIcast podcast (May 2012)
- Video: What to do in 2013
- Replacing “Typhoid Mary” – Jennifer Polanz, Green Profit magazine, January 2014
- 2013 and Beyond – Sara Tombascio, Greenhouse Grower magazine, Aug. 16, 2013
- Incidence Down Significantly In 2013 – Richard Jones, Greenhouse Grower Magazine, July 13, 2013
- Outbreaks Reported in Michigan and Nearby States – Mary Hausbeck, Michigan State University Extension, Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, May 7, 2013
- Impatiens Downy Mildew: Guidelines for Growers – Ball Horticultural Company, January 2013
- Understanding Impatiens Downy Mildew: Retailer FAQs – Ball Horticultural Company
Understanding Impatiens Downy Mildew: Landscaper FAQs – Ball Horticultural Company- Shade Alternative Brochure – Ball Seed, 2012
- – Margery Daughtrey of Cornell University’s Long Island Horticultural Research and Extension Center, from the IR-4 Project’s fall 2012 newsletter.
- Report/Update from Abroad (And Here) – March 1, 2013 edition of Acres Online.
- Alternatives to Impatiens, a consumer-friendly website addressing possible concerns about impatiens and offering advice about alternatives from the Michigan State University Extension. There is also a mobile version of the site, which can be assessed directly or by using this QR code.
- Research Gives Clues For Preventing Coleus Downy Mildew – Blair Harlan, Lynn Hyatt, Margery Daughtrey, Mary Hausbeck and Sheila Linderman, Greenhouse Grower magazine, March 2015. View the PDF here.
Download the following from the Greenhouse Grower website:
- Everything You Need To Know About Impatiens Downy Mildew
- How To Grow SunPatiens
- Growers Look To Limit Losses
- Ball’s Mike Klopmeyer On What To Do in 2013 About This Topic
- Ball’s Guideline for Growers
- 7 Tips For Protecting Impatiens
- FloriCAST podcast
- Your Impatiens Might Have Downy Mildew If…
- How To Overcome Downy Mildew Spread On Impatiens
- BASF’s Kathie E. Kalmowitz on Downy Mildew
- Impatiens Downy Mildew – Background, Biology, and Treatment
- A Practical Approach for Landscape Gardeners
- Breeding Impatiens Landscape Substitutions
- Impatiens Disease Prevention Schedule
Check back for additional information will be posted as it becomes available. Updates will also be posted on the AFE Facebook page.
AFE is providing these resources for informational purposes only.
