Most crops also have spots of spider mites. A heavy infestation of leaf miners has also been observed in one operation and more operations have reported infestation of tomato pinworm. Lepidopteran pests are on the rise, including cabbage loopers and fruitworms. A couple of operations have reported incidence of bacterial. Botrytis is present in many operations but at low levels.
Thrips are present in many operations but are generally being managed.
There have also been increased infestation of crops with cucumber beetles and lygus bugs. The most prevalent disease continues to be powdery mildew. There is incidence of pseudoyellows which is spread by the greenhouse whitefly. Gummy stem blight and Botrytis are present, but are being managed. Powdery mildew is known to have affected about five operations, but it is being managed satisfactorily.