Vegetable & Specialty Crop News reports on crop and disease management information from UGA: Watermelon plants can become infected in multiple ways. The pathogen can produce spores that survive in the soil, be seedborne and be introduced to fields where watermelons have never been grown.
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Wet Winter Could Delay Georgia Watermelon Plantings | VSCNews
Watermelon producers in South Georgia who were impacted by excessive rainfall in February and early March could see their planting window delayed.
Fungicide Update for Vegetable Crops | VSCNews
UGA vegetable plant pathologists shared information about Powdery mildew in cucurbits at the 2020 Southeast Regional Fruit and Vegetable Conference.
Winter 2020 Cucurbit Disease Management Presentations
NC State Extension Specialists conducted a two day agent training focused on production of greenhouse vegetables including cucumber. The program agenda included Disease Management of Cucumber in the Greenhouse by NC State Vegetable Extension Pathologist Dr. Lina Quesada. At the 2019 Great Lakes Fruit, Vegetable and Farm Market EXPO, Michigan State University Vegetable Pathologist Dr. Mary Hausbeck presented Downy Mildew Management in Pickling Cucumbers, Using molecular markers to ID downy mildew from spore traps, and testing forecasters to time fungicide sprays for downy mildew.
Cucurbit Downy Mildew Forecasting Resumes for the 2020 growing season
A valuable resource available to cucurbit growers on the CucCAP website is the Cucurbit Downy Mildew ipmPIPE Pest Information Platform for Extension and Education.
CucCAP researchers provide updated disease control information for cucurbit growers
CucCAP Vegetable Pathology and Crop Production Extension Specialists published plant disease management reports and Cucurbit cultigen evaluations from recent field trials. These reports provide valuable information for cucurbit crop producers, seed companies and other CucCAP stakeholders.
CucCAP researchers detect viruses on watermelon in S.C.
CucCAP plant pathologist Chandrasekar S. Kousik published 2 articles related to virus’ on watermelon.
Phytophthora control is a long-term commitment | VGN
CucCAP Vegetable Pathologist, Mary Hausbeck, discusses Phytophthora susceptiblity in cucumbers, summer squash and zucchini.
