Populations appear to be higher than they have been in the past few years and numbers are reportedly fluctuating around moderate levels. Populations are reportedly building in several crops including pepper, potato and squash. Aphids have been contributing to the appearance of virus problems in pepper and squash. Broad mites are still around on pepper and eggplant in widely scattered locations and there are continuing reports of persistent flare-ups here and there. Several growers are reporting problems with spider mites on eggplant .
Occurrence is sporadic but damage has been moderate to high in some cases.
Bacterial leaf spot remains widely present in tomato and pepper. Pressure has been relatively low although several growers have noted observing pockets of increased bacterial leaf spot activity especially after wet or foggy weather . The incidence of tomato yellow leaf curl remains low . Most growers are seeing only isolated occurrences of single infected plants here and there. Several days of misty rain and foggy conditions over the past few weeks have lead a moderate increase in the number of foliar diseases being observed in tomato.