Newsletters

MELCAST is a weather-based spray advisory program for controlling foliar diseases of muskmelon and watermelon.  MELCAST Update is a newsletter that provides a table of the MELCAST Values for the last 7 days plus a brief description of weather conditions and pest management news.  The MELCAST Update may be found at https://melcast.ceris.purdue.edu/ 
 

Pest & Crop Newsletter

 

The Vegetable Crops Hotline newsletter provides the commercial vegetable growers with timely information about disease, insect, and weed pests, fertility practices, post-harvest problems, pesticide label changes, meetings and much more. The Hotline is published 15 times a year including an off-season issue in November. Hotline subscribers may also receive Hot Topics emails throughout the year.