CucCAP published a Spanish version of the Gummy Stem Blight Fact Sheet. This is the sixth factsheet that our plant pathologists have translated. Look for more Spanish factsheets in the coming months.
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.
Puerto Rico 2017 Spring field day
In April 2017, Angela M. Linares Ramirez and Linda Wessel-Beaver held a field day on the Agricultural Experiment Station at Lajas, Peurto Rico with 119 farmers attending. Extension agents, students and agronomists assisted with an update in all research activities including the CucCAP activities. In the pictures Linda Beaver is explaining her current research, the evaluation of […]
CucCAP Extension & Outreach Team
Extension Objectives Provide readily accessible information to facilitate disease control Develop a centralized cucurbit disease website Develop and post diagnostic resources and disease control information in English and Spanish Provide disease alerts and forecasting tools Provide diagnostic and disease management assistance. Conduct Field days and demonstration plots. Extension Team Jonathan Schultheis (Team Leader) – North Carolina […]
Breeding Squash for Disease Resistance
Cucurbita spp. Powdery Mildew Phytophthora Blight Virus Diseases Powdery Mildew Powdery mildew is a disease that affects all cucurbits and is important in squash. Resistance was introduced from the wild species, Cucurbita marintezii in C. moschata and C. pepo. The resistance gene, Pm-0, is a single incompletely dominant gene that is commonly deployed in the […]
CucCAP Squash Team 2016 Annual Report
Team members: Michael Mazourek (Cornell University) Linda Beaver (University of Puerto Rico) Angela Linares (University of Puerto Rico) Chris Smart (Cornell University) Objectives: Develop common genomic approaches and tools for squash; Perform GBS analysis of PI collections, establish core populations, provide community resource for genome wide association studies (GWAS); GBS of squash, establish molecular-informed core […]
MSU to lead $6.5 million research on disease resistance in cucurbits | MSU
A national team of 20 scientists led by MSU Horticulture Professor Rebecca Grumet has been awarded $6.5 million grant to accelerate the development of disease-resistant cucurbit crops through leveraging applied genomics. Read More
