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Florida Watermelon producers focus on pest and disease management.

December 21, 2023January 17, 2024 cuccap Cucurbit Crop & Disease Management Resources

Research which focuses on pest and disease management is at the heart of crop sustainability in Florida’s watermelon industry. Two issues that need immediate attention are whiteflies and fusarium wilt in watermelon.

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South Florida Pest update | Dec. 2023

December 21, 2023 cuccap Cucurbit Crop & Disease Management Resources

Whitefly populations are increasing in all vegetable crops in the Homestead, Florida, area including high levels of whitefly populations in squash.

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Multistate Effort to Combat Anthracnose

December 20, 2023August 20, 2024 cuccap Cucurbit Genetics, Genomics, & Pathology

Anthracnose — is an emerging threat to watermelon and cucumber production along the east coast.

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Sustainable Anthracnose Management for Watermelon and Cucumber Growers

December 20, 2023June 12, 2024 cuccap CucCAP Project Partners

Colletotrichum spp., which causes anthracnose is an emerging threat to watermelon and cucumber production in the east coast.

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Cucurbit Disease Management Factsheets | Cornell CALS

December 19, 2023May 24, 2024 cuccap Cucurbit Crop & Disease Management Resources

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.

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CucCAP leader receives award

December 17, 2023December 21, 2023 cuccap CucCAP Cucumber Team

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.

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CucCAP Project objectives and updates | 2020 – 2024

December 9, 2023January 9, 2024 cuccap CucCAP Project

Visit the USDA website to view the Grant proposal and annual reports for the CucCAP 2 project.

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Vegetable Production handbook now available

December 9, 2023December 21, 2023 cuccap Cucurbit Crop & Disease Management Resources

View the recently released UF/IFAS Extension Vegetable Production Handbook of Florida.

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CucCAP scientists use cucumber core collection to map fruit quality traits

The CucCAP core collection, comprised of 388 accessions representing >96% of the genetic diversity for cucumber present in the U.S. National Plant Germplasm System, harbors important sources of disease resistance. As sources of resistance are often present in germplasm with poor fruit quality, scientists from Michigan State University characterized the collection for fifteen fruit quality traits. Genetic associations (QTL) for each trait were identified from genome-wide association studies (GWAS). Many of the genetic locations were in close vicinity to previously identified fruit trait QTL and candidate genes; several novel loci and genes potentially important for these traits were also identified.

For further reading:

Lin YC, Weng Y, Fei Z, Grumet R. 2025. Mining the cucumber core collection: phenotypic and genetic characterization of morphological diversity for fruit quality characteristics. Horticulture Research 12:uhae340.

 

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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
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