Usha Bhatta is a Post Doctoral Research Scientist working with CucCAP Plant Pathologist Dr. Lina Quesada-Ocampo in the Vegetable Pathology Lab at North Carolina State University, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology and the NC Plant Sciences Initiative. Usha’s hometown is Mahendranagar, Nepal and she focus of her work in the Quasada-Ocampo lab is Plant pathology, genomics, integrated disease management.
Author: cuccap
Gummy Stem Blight and Powdery Mildew strategies
Gummy stem blight has been observed in Florida. This is the time to be on the lookout for both gummy stem blight and powdery mildew and to think about upcoming disease management strategies.
Integrated Disease Management Team | 2024 Progress Report
View the Crop and Disease Management Team update in pages 65 – 98 of the pdf version of this report.
Labs Working on the CucCAP Project:
Lina Quesada-Ocampo (NC State)
Mary Hausbeck (MSU)
Chris Smart (Cornell)
Anthony Keinath (Clemson)
Shaker Kousik (USDA-ARS)
Jonathan Schultheis (NC State)
Daniel Tregeagle (NC State)
Melon Team | 2024 Progress Report
View the Squash Team update in pages 37 – 40 of the pdf version of this report.
Melon Team members:
Jim McCreight (USDA, ARS)
Shaker Kousik (USDA, ARS)
Pat Wechter (USDA, ARS)
Bill Wintermantel (USDA, ARS)
Genomics and Bioinformatics Team | 2024 Progress Report
View the Genomics Team progress report including all tables and figures in pages 12 – 19 of the pdf version of this report.
Genomics and Bioinformatics Team members:
Zhangjun Fei (Boyce Thompson Institute)
Shan Wu (Boyce Thompson Institute)
Amnon Levi (USDA, ARS)
Yiqun Weng (USDA, ARS)
Michael Mazourek (Cornell University)
Jim McCreight (USDA, ARS)
Rebecca Grumet (Michigan State University)
Cucumber Team | 2024 Progress Report
View the Cucumber Team progress report with tables and figures in pages 41 – 52 of the pdf version of this report.
Cucumber Team members:
Yiqun Weng (YW), USDA-ARS, University of Wisconsin Madison,
Rebecca Grumet (RG), Michigan State University
Kai-Shu Ling (KL), USDA-ARS Charleston, SC
Anthony Keinath (AK), Clemson University, SC
Watermelon Team | 2024 Progress Report
View the 2024 Watermelon Report including all tables and figures in pages 20 – 36 of the pdf version of this report.
Watermelon Team members:
Amnon Levi (USDA, ARS)
Sandra Branham (Clemson University)
Shaker Kousik (USDA, ARS)
Kai-Shu Ling (USDA, ARS)
Cecilia McGregor (University of Georgia)
Umesh Reddy (West Virginia St University)
Pat Wechter (Clemson University)
Squash Team | 2024 Progress Report
View the 2024 Squash Report including all tables and figures in pages 53 – 64 of the pdf version of this report.
Squash Team members
Florida: Geoffrey Meru, Yuqing Fu, Prerna Sabharwal, Swati Shrestha and Shailesh Acharya
Michigan: Mary Hausbeck, Carmen Medina-Mora, David Perla, Matthew Uebbing
New York: Michael Mazourek, Chris Smart, Colin Day, Libby Indermaur, Gregor Inzinna, Taylere Herrmann
Puerto Rico: Angela Linares
