PDMR, Volume 12, 2018.
Results of 2016 and 2017 field trials, Published in 2018.
Plant Disease Management reports for cucumber, squash, and, pumpkin.
Cucurbit Crop & Disease Management Resources
Plant Disease clinics in the USA, Cucurbit disease forecasters, Field & Variety Trials, Cucurbit Variety Trials, Pest Management, Cucurbit Production manuals & handbooks, Disease diagnosis, Disease outbreaks, Extension news, and Cucurbit Grower news.
Southeastern U.S. 2018 Vegetable Crop Handbook | Growing Produce
Download the Southeastern U.S. 2018 Vegetable Crop Handbook from Growing Produce or visit topics of interest for cucurbit growers with the following links: Disease Control for Cucurbits Efficacy of Products for Disease Control in Cucurbits Cucumber Production Recomendations Melon Production Recomendations Pumpkin and Winter Squash Production Recomendations Summer Squash Production Recomendations Watermelon Production Recomendations
CucCAP Melon Team News and Events
The USDA-ARS Crop Improvement and Protection Research group stationed in Salinas, CA reported recent presentations to growers and industry. On Thursday December 7, 2017, Dr. Jim McCreight presented “Melon powdery mildew race variation in California” at the Imperial County 28th Annual Fall Desert Crops Workshop hosted by Cooperative Extension and the University of California. On Thursday, January […]
New photo gallery: Virus diseases of cucurbits
The Vegetable Pathology group at Cornell’s Long Island Horticultural Research & Extension Center added a new photo gallery to their website. View the photos of symptoms of virus diseases on cucurbits. Cornell vegetable pathology links for Cucurbits Virus diseases of cucurbits
New Spanish Fact Sheets on the CucCAP website
The CucCAP team in Peurto Rico authored translations of three Spanish factsheets to be added to the CucCAP website:
Manejo de Phytophthora en Pepino,
Manejo de Phytophthora en Calabaza de Verano y Calabacín, and
Manejo de Phytophthora en cantalupe, melón y sandia
CucCAP researchers present at GLEXPO
Mary K. Hausbeck from MSU Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences spoke about Downy Mildew Prevention and control at the Great Lakes Expo on December 6 in the Pickling Cucumber Session. In the Phytophthora session, Dr. Hausbeck spoke about Phytophthora capsici: Pathogen Biology and Management Strategies.
CucCAP team presentations at Glexpo 2017
Pickling Cucumber Sessions Mary Hausbeck, Plant, Soils and Microbial Sciences Dept., MSU, presented: Cucumber Disease Control in 2017 Jonathan Schultheis presented: The North Carolina Pickling Industry and Use of Parthenocarpic Fruiting Types
Manejo de Phytophthora en calabaza de invierno y en calabaza
Managing Phytophthora on Winter Squash and Pumpkin, the English version of this factsheet, is available on the Hausbeck Lab website.
