The release of disease-resistant cucurbits by CucCAP vegetable breeder, Dr. Michael Mazourek, was recently highlighted in a news release by NIFA titled, “Organic Plant Breeding Yields Superior Varieties for Cucurbit Growers”. Read More
CucCAP Project
Contributions to the CucCAP project by the Bioinformatics Team, Cucurbit Crop Breeding Teams, and the Integrated Disease Management Team.
Organic Plant Breeding Yields Superior Varieties for Cucurbit Growers | NC State Extension & CFSA
Farmers looking for disease-resistant cucurbits now have more choices thanks to the release of new cucumber and melon varieties by Cornell University.
CucCAP research identifies novel genetic source of resistance to Fusarium wilt race 1 in wild watermelon
CucCAP scientists at the USDA-ARS, US Vegetable Laboratory identified a major QTL (qFon1-9) associated with resistance to Fon race 1 on chromosome 9.
Results of the 2018 Watermelon Triploid Standard and Mini Watermelon Cultigen Evaluation Studies | NC State Extension
Watermelon standard size and mini watermelon cultigen evaluation studies were conducted at the Horticultural Crops Research Station in Clinton, NC in the summer of 2018. NC State Extension Horticultural Science Vegetable specialist Jonathan Schultheis and Research Associate Keith Starke conduct annual variety trials on watermelon and other cucurbit crops. The results of the watermelon evaluations were […]
2018 Cucurbit Cultivar Evaluations
PDMR 13 – Plant Disease Management Reports for Cucurbits
PDMR, Volume 13, 2019.
Results of 2017 & 2018 field trials, Published in 2019.
Plant Disease Management reports for cucumber, melon, pumpkin, and watermelon.
Results of the 2018 Seedless Pickling Cucumber Variety Trial | MSU Extension Vegetables
A pickling cucumber variety trial was planted at the Saginaw Valley Research and Extension Center (43.399097, -83.694497, Frankenmuth, Michigan). Rijk Zwaan (RZ) and Bejo (BJ) seed companies donated parthenocarpic (seedless) cucumber seeds for the trial. A PDF version of this report can be found at the Midwest Vegetable Trial Report for 2018 website. Continue Reading
Results of the 2018 Zucchini Squash Variety Cultigen Evaluations are Published at NC State
NC State Extension Horticultural Science Vegetable specialist, Jonathan Schultheis, and Research Associate Keith Starke conduct annual variety trials on a variety of cucurbits. An objective of the NC State extension cucurbit evaluations is to identify adapted cultivars that NC growers can grow profitably. Visit the Cucurbit Variety Trials page to view all of the cucurbit reports. The 2018 Zucchini […]
