Colletotrichum spp., which causes anthracnose is an emerging threat to watermelon and cucumber production in the east coast.
Author: cuccap
Cucurbit Disease Management Factsheets | Cornell CALS
Cucurbit disease management resources from the Cornell Vegetable program including content from the Long Island Horticultural Research and Extension Center Vegetable Pathology website and the former Vegetable MD Online website have been moved to a new website.
CucCAP leader receives award
Grumet’s lab most recently focused on fruit development and disease resistance in cucumber and melon crops using molecular genetic, genomic and transgenic approaches. This centered on early stages of fruit growth and factors influencing fruit size, shape, cuticle and surface properties and resistance to Phytophthora capsici.
CucCAP Project objectives and updates | 2020 – 2024
Vegetable Production handbook now available
The 2023 Hall New York Annual Variety Trials
Management Strategies of Phytophthora Blight in Cucurbits
The USDA has identified vegetable crops as challenged specialty crops. Cucurbits are important cash crops in the United States. The profitable and sustainable production of cucurbits is severely impacted by the destructive soilborne disease, Phytophthora blight.
South Florida Pest and Disease Hotline | Dec. 3, 2023
Widespread Cucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus (CYSDV), squash vein yellowing virus (SqVYV), and cucurbit leaf crumple virus (CuLCrV) infestations have been reported on watermelon in multiple locations. Crumple virus and yellow stunt virus are now common in mature watermelon fields with low levels of vine decline.
Gummy stem blight is reaching moderate to high levels in watermelon fields.
Low levels of Anthracnose on watermelons.
Powdery mildew and Downy mildew was reported in cucumber and squash. Downy mildew is expected to increase in melons due to the recent rain.
