Team members Michael Mazourek (Cornell University), Linda Wessel-Beaver (University of Puerto Rico), Angela Linares (University of Puerto Rico), and Chris Smart (Cornell University) reported on progress made on the CucCAP grant in the previous year.
Linares-Ramirez Lab @ UPR
Angela M. Linares Ramirez is an Assistant Professor of Vegetable Management and Physiology at the University of Puerto Rico Agricultural Experiment Station and a member of the CucCAP Squash and Extension teams.
Cuccap Project Develops Extension Fact Sheets for Important Cucurbit Diseases in English and Spanish
The CucCAP extension team developed 16 extension fact sheets to provide useful information for the detection and control of diseases in cucurbits. Thirteen of the fact sheets were translated to Spanish providing important support for the Hispanic farmers’ community.
CucCAP at Cucurbitaceae 2018
Cucurbitaceae is an international conference of cucurbit scientists held every four years in North America. Cucurbitaceae 2018 was hosted by UC Davis in Davis, California. CucCAP was well represented with 14 Co-PIs and 28 lab members in attendance presenting five invited keynote talks, an additional 12 invited talks, and 19 posters.
Angela Linares Helps Bring Food Security to Puerto Rico Through Cucurbits | Seed World Daily
On location in Davis, California at Cucurbitaceae 2018, we sit down with the associate director of the Department of Agro-Environmental Sciences at University of Puerto Rico to talk about food security and how an organization called the CucCAP is helping. Read More Listen to the podcast here
2018 CucCAP Squash Team Annual Report
CucCAP squash team members: Michael Mazourek, (team leader), Linda Wessel-Beaver, Angela Linares, and Chris Smart report their progress in the previous year.
2018 CucCAP Extension and Outreach Team Annual Report
Progress Reports and Work Plans Team members: Jonathan Schultheis (NC State University), Mary Hausbeck (Michigan St. Univ.), Angela Linares (Univ. Puerto Rico), Jim McCreight (USDA, ARS), Lina Quesada (N. Carolina St. Univ.), Chris Smart (Cornell Univ.), Linda Wessel Beaver (Univ. Puerto Rico) reported on their lab’s progress and plans. 3.2. Provide readily accessible information to facilitate disease control […]
New Spanish Fact Sheets on the CucCAP website
The CucCAP team in Peurto Rico authored translations of three Spanish factsheets to be added to the CucCAP website:
Manejo de Phytophthora en Pepino,
Manejo de Phytophthora en Calabaza de Verano y Calabacín, and
Manejo de Phytophthora en cantalupe, melón y sandia
Manejo de Phytophthora en calabaza de invierno y en calabaza
Managing Phytophthora on Winter Squash and Pumpkin, the English version of this factsheet, is available on the Hausbeck Lab website.
