CDM has been reported in LA, MN, AL, OH, WV, WI, NY, OH. AR, IN, VT, MS, DE, PA, IN, IL, PA, KY, ON, MA, NH, ME, WV, KY, WV, VA, NY, PA, OH, TN, and NC.
Plant Health Exchange | Focus on Cucurbits
The Plant Management Network (PMN) has been redesigned and is now an online resource called, The Grow: Plant Health Exchange. This is an outreach service of The American Phytopathological Society.
Breeding Better Cucurbits | VSCNews
In the September 2020 edition of the Vegetable and Specialty Crop News Magazine, CucCAP vegetable breeder Cecilia McGregor and Extentension Specialist George Boyhan discuss pumpkin, watermelon, and summer squash breeding work at UGA.
Pumpkin decisions in the final stretch | GLVPN
The Great Lakes Vegetable Producer’s Network is a live weekly roundtable discussion during the growing-season for commercial vegetable producers in the Great Lakes and Midwest region. On Sept. 2, 2020 the topic was crop management at the end of the pumpkin growing season.
Michigan vegetable updates – Sept. 9, 2020
East, Southeast, and Southwest Michigan Cooperative Extension agents reported on crop production of zucchini squash, yellow squash, pumpkins, winter squashes, and cantaloupe. Powdery mildew arrived late this year, making management easier.
Managing Cucurbit Diseases with Research and Outreach
The Cucurbit Coordinated Agricultural Project has been awarded $7.1 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Specialty Crop Research Initiative.
CucCAP researchers identify watermelon root traits to improve tolerance to stress and diseases
In a recent study, CucCAP researchers used a digital imaging technology to evaluate the root systems in 335 watermelon accessions.
Ontario Vegetable Crop Reports for Sept. 3, 2020
Symptoms of Gummy Stem Blight in winter squash include hot spots of stems with oozing lesions, and distinctive patterns on the skin of butternut squash.
