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Heat Impact on Watermelons | AgNet Media

June 28, 2022June 28, 2022 cuccap Cucurbit Crop Production news

What growers experience when temperatures near 100 degrees Fahrenheit (F).

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Alabama disease update | Powdery mildew on squash

June 23, 2022June 28, 2022 cuccap Cucurbit disease outbreaks

Powdery mildew on had been reported on yellow squash and a few other cucurbits in Alabama. It typically prefers hot and dry conditions.

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Cucurbit Downy Mildew updates June 2022 | ipmPIPE

June 15, 2022June 15, 2022 cuccap Cucurbit Crop & Disease Management

The Cucurbit downy mildew forecast website provides a map and list of recent disease outbreaks.

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Cucurbit Downey Mildew present in multiple regions

June 15, 2022June 16, 2022 cuccap CucCAP Disease Management Team, Cucurbit Crop & Disease Management

Reports of the presence of Cucurbit downy mildew were published by Plant Pathologists in North America.

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Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Reports #44 & 45

June 14, 2022June 22, 2022 cuccap CucCAP Melon Team, Cucurbit Genetics, Genomics, & Pathology

CucCAP scientist James D. McCreight is a contributor to the 2021 CGC report.

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CucCAP researchers evaluate disease control options for downy mildew on pickling cucumber

June 14, 2022June 14, 2022 cuccap CucCAP Disease Management Team, CucCAP Featured Articles

Cucurbit downy mildew (CDM), is an economically significant disease of cucurbitaceous crops in the Eastern United States (US). Cucumbers are particularly susceptible and as a result, disease management of this pathogen relies heavily on fungicide use.

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Vegetable Crop management reports | June 2022

June 10, 2022June 15, 2022 cuccap Cucurbit Crop & Disease Management

Michigan Vegetable specialists discuss the planting of squash, slicing cucumbers, watermelons, muskmelons, pumpkins, hard squash, and pickling cucumbers across the state.

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Early Career Scientist Spotlight | Bidisha Chanda

June 7, 2022June 7, 2022 cuccap CucCAP Watermelon Team

Before her current position as a Genetic Purity Lab Manager in the Quality Assurance Department at Sakata Seed America, Inc., in Salinas California, Bidisha Chanda worked for the USDA and conducted research for the CucCAP watermelon team at the US Vegetable Laboratory in Charleston, South Carolina.

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CucCAP scientists examine mechanisms of watermelon resistance to viral infection

Watermelon production in the U.S. and around the world faces serious threats by viral diseases, including aphid-transmitted potyviruses: papaya ringspot virus (PRSV) and zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV). In a recent study, a CucCAP team examined expression of anti-microbial/anti-viral, ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIPs) in watermelons in response to inoculation with PRSV. The PRSV-resistant citron watermelon (Citrullus amarus) exhibited high RIP expression, versus low expression in plants of the susceptible, cultivated “Charleston Gray” watermelon. This finding may offer additional genetic and genomic resources for improving potyvirus-resistance in watermelon cultivars.

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