University of Kentucky Plant Pathology Extension Resources for Hemp Producers

 

College of Agriculture Publications

• Ag Communications Publications Page

 

Department Websites (publications, fact sheets, videos)

• Entomology 
• Plant Pathology
• Plant and Soil Sciences 
• UKY Hemp Program

 

Crop Profile

• Profile of Hemp Production in Kentucky link

 

Scouting Guide

• IPM Scouting Guide for Common Pests and Diseases of Kentucky Hemp PPFS-AG-H-03

 

Diseases of Concern Fact Sheets

• Botrytis Blight PPFS-GEN-19
• Damping-off PPFS-GEN-03
• Diagnosis of "No Disease" PPFS-GEN-11
• Fusarium Bud Blight and Head Blight Contamination in Stored Hemp
• Fusarium Head Blight of Hemp PPFS-AG-H-02
• Powdery Mildew PPFS-GEN-02
• Preventing Fusarium in Postharvest Hemp Video
• Rhizoctonia Diseases in Specialty Crop Production PPFS-GEN-21
• Root-knot Nematode in Vegetable Cropping Systems PPFS-VG-28
• Septoria Leaf Spot of Field Hemp PPFS-AG-H-01
• Sooty Molds Associated with Insect Pests PPFS-GEN-22
• Southern Blight PPFS-GEN-16
• Tobamovirus Management in Greenhouse Production PPFS-GH-08  

 

Disease Management Fact Sheets

• Cleaning & Disinfecting Hand Tools & Planting Supplies  PPFS-GEN-17
• Cleaning & Sanitizing Commercial Greenhouse Surfaces  PPFS-GH-07
• Greenhouse Sanitation PPFS-GH-04
• Managing Greenhouse & High Tunnel Environments to Reduce Plant Diseases PPFS-GH-01
• Organic Disease Management Guide for Specialty Crop Production PPFS-GEN-28-FF

 

Resources in Spanish

• Plant Pathology Fact Sheets in Spanish

 

Research Reports

• Biological and Biorational Fungicides May Be Effective Against Common Hemp Leaf Spot Pathogens: A Bioassay Study PPRR-03
• First Report of Hirsutella thompsonii as an Entomopathogenic Fungus of Hemp Russet Mite (Aculops cannabicola) in Kentucky  PPRR-10
• Fusarium Species Recovered from Postharvest Hemp Materials from Kentucky Fields PPRR-05
• Incidence and Distribution of Fusarium species Associated with Hemp in Kentucky PPRR-12
• Leaf Spot Disease Development and Its Effect on Yield of Essential Oil-Producing Hemp Cultivars in Kentucky PPRR-08
• Occurrence and Distribution of Common Diseases and Pests of U.S. Cannabis: A Survey PPRR-04
• Science of Hemp: Production and Pest Management Proceedings
• 2024  
• 2022
• 2021
• 2019
• Time of Infection by Fusarium graminearum, Causal Agent of Fusarium Head Blight on Hemp (Cannabis sativa) Fields in Kentucky PPRR-16
• Using Silicon to Suppress Hemp Powdery Mildew PPRR-02

 

Newsletters

• KY Pest News – https://kentuckypestnews.wordpress.com/

 

Social Media

Facebook

• Diseases of Vegetables, Fruit, & Hemp – https://www.facebook.com/KYPlantDisease/

Instagram

• KY Plant Disease – @KY_PlantDisease

Twitter

• KY Plant Disease – @KYPlantDisease https://twitter.com/kyplantdisease?lang=en

YouTube

• Kentucky Fruit and Vegetable Extension – Nicole Gauthier, Plant Disease – https://www.youtube.com/c/NicoleGauthier

 

Lab Services

• Plant Disease Diagnostic Laboratory - submit samples through county Extension offices
• Soil Testing (fees vary) submit through county extension offices – https://www.rs.uky.edu/soil/
• Food Systems – https://fsic.ca.uky.edu/

 

County Agents

• UK Extension Service – http://extension.ca.uky.edu/county