Whiteflies cause feeding injury issues in vegetables and transmit two viruses: cucurbit leaf crumple virus and cucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus. Sanitation of vegetable crops susceptible to whiteflies remains a key management strategy for Florida producers.
Cucurbit Downy Mildew epidemic updates August 2021 | ipmPIPE
New reports of CDM on pumpkin, cantaloupe, cucumber, and butternut squash, in the southeast, northeast, and midwest.
USDA AMS Revises Standards for Watermelon
AMS is establishing a total tolerance for anthracnose and decay in the U.S. No. 1 and U.S. No. 2 grades.
CucCAP scientists map QTL for resistance to downy mildew in melon
CucCAP researchers identified two major and seven minor QTL using a cross between the resistant melon breeding line MR-1 and susceptible cultivar Ananas Yoqne’am.
Ontario CDM Spore Trap Network August update
University of Geluph researchers monitor Cucurbit downy mildew in Kent and Norfolk counties using spore traps.
Crop updates from the Clemson Extension Agents
Management Options for Whiteflies | VSCNews
The buildup of whiteflies concerns growers because they feed on vegetables and transmit two viruses: cucurbit leaf crumple virus and cucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus.
Plant Breeding key to Fusarium wilt management | VCSNews
University of Florida plant pathologists discuss watermelon breeding efforts for disease resistance to Fusarium wilt.”The key to eliminating fusarium wilt disease’s impact on watermelons in the Southeast is developing disease-resistance cultivars.”
