CucCAP watermelon and cucumber breeder Todd Wehner recently earned a top international industry recognition, Pickle Packers International’s Hall of Fame Award.
PDMR 14 – Plant Disease Management Reports for Cucurbits
PDMR, Volume 14, 2020
Results of 2019, Published in 2020.
Plant Disease Management reports for cucumbers and squash.Evaluations include control of Downy mildew on cucumber, Downy mildew on squash and Phytophthora fruit rot on squash.
USDA Announces National Watermelon Promotion Board Appointments | VSCNews
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the appointment of nine members to serve on the National Watermelon Promotion Board this week. The appointees will serve three-year terms from Jan. 1, 2021, to Dec. 31, 2023.
Cucurbit Downy Mildew epidemic updates Sept. 14 to Oct. 13, 2020 | ipmPIPE
South Carolina Crop Update | VSCNews
Abnormally Wet Fall Challenging for Alabama Pumpkin Producers
Growers Need as Many Tools as Possible to Control Whiteflies | VSCNews
Southeast growers can produce a spring and fall crop thanks to an environment that’s conducive to growing crops year-round. However, that makes certain cucurbits like squash especially vulnerable to whitefly pressure.
New funding from USDA-SCRI will extend the CucCAP project for four years
“CucCAP2: Harnessing genomic resources for disease resistance and management in cucurbit crops – bringing the tools to the field”, will focus on the development of advanced genomic, bioinformatic and breeding tools; disease resistant materials; disease management strategies and economic analyses for critical diseases threatening cucurbit production.
