PDMR, Volume 15, 2021
Results of 2020 field trials, Published in 2021.
Plant Disease Management reports for cucumbers and squash.
Author: cuccap
New photo gallery: Cercospora leaf spot of Cucumber
The Long Island Horticultural Research and Extension center’s Vegetable Pathology group added a new photo gallery of Cercospora leaf spot of Cucumber.
Early Career Scientist Spotlight | Andrea P. Landrón García
CucCAP scientist Andrea P. Landrón García’s research is focused on the creation of future resistant lines of squash with resistance to powdery mildew using resistant materials with local materials in Puerto Rico.
Ontario CDM Spore Trap Network July update
Spore traps installed on June 7th in Ontario Canada detected no Cucurbit downy mildew until July 29, 2021.
ONvegetables VCR | July 29, 2021
ONvegetables publishes monthly crop reports for commercial vegetable producers in Ontario, Canada. Spider mites were confirmed on cucurbits in the July 29, 2021 crop report. View the report to view images of mites and symptoms of Phytophthora crown rot . Wet conditions have been conducive to the development of Phytophthora crown rot
Michigan vegetable crop report – Aug. 4, 2021
“Downy mildew continues to infect cucumber plantings. Powdery mildew and gummy stem blight are starting to show up in hard squashes.”
CucCAP scientists study effect of genome doubling on gene expression in tetraploid watermelon
Umesh Reddy and team at WVSU and Amnon Levi and team at USDA, ARS used advance genome sequencing technology to study the effect of genome doubling on gene expression in tetraploid watermelon versus their counterpart diploid watermelon parental plants.
