You are invited to take part in a research study. Your participation in this study is voluntary. You have the right to be a part of this study, to choose not to participate, and to stop participating at any time without penalty. The purpose of this research study is to gain a better understanding of grower’s opinions on cucumber varieties.
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South Carolina Grower Update | October 30, 2023
NC State University is looking for cucumber growers to participate in a survey about experiences with common cucumber diseases and growers’ opinions about cucumber plant characteristics. The aim of this study is to inform plant breeders, growers’ associations, the USDA, and others about what matters to growers like you in choosing which varieties to grow.
Whitefly Scouting Guide
This field scouting guide concentrates on silverleaf whitefly or sweetpotato whitefly which transmits three important viruses in cucurbits: squash vein yellowing virus, cucurbit leaf crumple virus, and cucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus.
Early Career Scientist Spotlight | Gregory Inzinna
Gregory Inzinna hopes to identify resistance genes in Cucurbita and provide the seed and vegetable industry with resistant breeding lines and markers they can use in their work.
Early Career Scientist Spotlight | Xuebo Zhao
Xuebo Zhao is a postdoctoral researcher in the Fei Lab at Boyce Thompson Institute. The focus of Xuebo’s work is genomics. Her research is to unravel the evolution of Cucurbits using pan-genome.
Thrips on Cucurbits in Florida
Powdery mildew management | VGNews
Plant Pathologists at Land Grant Universities conduct fungicide efficacy trials on cucurbits to determine spray programs to recommend. Results of these trials are published in Plant Disease Management Reports.
