Late Blight Survey 1. Crop acreage and crop loss Question Title * 1. How many acres of potatoes do you grow? less than one acre 1 -5 acres 5-20 acres 20-100 acres over 100 acres Question Title * 2. How many acres of tomatoes do you grow? less than 1/2 acre 1/2 to 1 acre 1 to 5 acres 5 to 20 acres Over 20 acres Question Title * 3. How would you describe your farming methods? Conventional Conventional, use IPM Organic, certified Organic, not certified Some acreage organic, some conventional Question Title * 4. Have you had crop losses from late blight in potatoes ? No Yes, partial loss Yes, complete crop loss Question Title * 5. Have you had crop losses from late blight in tomatoes? No Yes, partial loss Yes, complete crop loss Question Title * 6. What cultural management practices do you use for late blight? use certified seed potato cull pile management roguing infected plants eliminate volunteers and solanaceous weeds scouting and monitoring checking disease forecasting websites using resistant varieties Other (please specify) Question Title * 7. If you suffered crop loss, do you think this was because of not using fungicides not implementing cultural practices that can reduce disease pressure using ineffective fungicides starting too late not spraying frequently enough Other (please specify) Question Title * 8. If you have grown resistant varieties of tomatoes, which varieties have you used? Mountain Magic Legend Plum Regal Red Pearl Matt’s Wild Cherry Other (please specify) Question Title * 9. If you have grown resistant varieties of potatoes, which varieties have you used? Elba Kennebec Rosa Allegheny Sebago Other (please specify) Question Title * 10. Where do you get information about late blight outbreaks? other growers chemical supplier UMass Extension newsletter or website other websites (such as USA Blight, US Pest, other state Extension) Other (please specify) Question Title * 11. Do you spray your tomato or potato crops with organic or conventional materials to prevent late blight? yes no Next