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Breeding for Hardiness—the Organic Way | Cornell Research

July 1, 2020September 22, 2021 cuccap

“Breeding pest and disease tolerance into a plant can take a long time. For some years, Mazourek has been addressing the threat caused by downy mildew, a fungus-like pathogen that attacks plants in the cucurbits family.”

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CucCAP Project Cucurbit Downy Mildew, Mazourek Lab @ Cornell CALS. permalink.

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Cucumber downy mildew moves across Michigan | MSU Extension
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CucCAP Project Concludes

As of September 1, 2025, the CucCAP project has officially concluded. This website will no longer be updated or maintained.

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We are grateful to all of our collaborators, growers, and partners who supported CucCAP throughout the project.

 

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The Cucurbit Coordinated Agricultural Project (CucCAP) is a USDA-National Institute of Food and Agriculture Specialty Crop Research Initiative grant under award number
2020-51181-32139.

Cooperating Institutions:

Boyce Thompson Institute; Cornell University; Michigan State University; North Carolina State University; Clemson University; University of Puerto Rico; University of Wisconsin; University of Florida; University of Georgia; West Virginia State University; U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service

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