Squash and cucumbers have started going in on plastic mulch. Conventional growers typically use a seed treatment that is systemic for protection against striped cucumber beetles in the first few weeks when young plants are vulnerable.
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Disease Reisitance in New Cucumber Varieties
View this photo gallery of cucumber varieties available from major seed companies. New varieties with resistance to major cucurbit diseases are available. Anthracnose Angular Leaf Spot Corynespora Blight and Target Leaf Spot Caused by Corynespora cassiicola Scab and Gummosis Caused by Cladosporium cucumerinum Anthracnose Caused by Colletotrichum orbiculare Cucumber Mosaic Virus Cucumber Vein Yellowing Virus […]
Accurate Diagnosis Constant Monitoring key to managing Fusarium wilt
Cool and cloudy weather patterns associated with this year’s El Niño climate have created conducive conditions for Fusarium wilt.
New Disease Resistant Melons
MSU Disease Management Recommendations
MSU Extension plant pathologist Mary Hausbeck has released her updated “2024 Greenhouse Disease Management” guide.
PDMR 18 – Plant Disease Management Reports for Cucurbits
Gummy stem blight management on watermelon, Kinston, NC 2023.
Management of cucumber downy mildew using cultivars and fungicide programs, Clinton, NC 2023.
Chemical management for downy mildew on cucumbers, Clinton, NC 2023.
Cucumber downy mildew management using select fungicides, Clinton, NC 2023.
Sources of resistance identified for Cucurbit chlorotic yellows virus in squash germplasm
Researchers at the University of Georgia performed greenhouse trials to verify promising germplasm identified from field studies.
Early Career Scientist Spotlight | Usha Bhatta
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.
