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Smart Lab @ Cornell University

Christine Smart is a Plant Pathologist and leader of the Smart Lab at Cornell University. the lab contributes to the CucCAP Squash Team and CucCAP Extension team

CucCAP scientists explore biorational fungicides to manage powdery mildew on winter squash

August 30, 2024October 4, 2024 cuccap Cucurbit Crop & Disease Management Resources, Featured Articles

Dr. Elizabeth Indermaur and colleagues at Cornell University describe the concern about the increase on consumer demand for organic winter squash and experiments that evaluatie different fungicide alternatives including biologicals, botanicals, and minerals.

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Plant Health 2024

CucCAP plant pathologists will make presentations at this meeting.

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Squash Team | 2024 Progress Report

April 19, 2024August 7, 2024 cuccap CucCAP Squash Team

View the 2024 Squash Report including all tables and figures in pages 53 – 64 of the pdf version of this report.

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Integrated Disease Management Team | 2024 Progress Report

April 19, 2024August 7, 2024 cuccap CucCAP Disease Management Team

View all tables and figures in pages 65 – 98 of the pdf version of this report.

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Bio Fungicide Review on Winter Squash

April 10, 2024April 24, 2024 cuccap CucCAP Squash Team

The Smart Lab at Cornell University compared various organic controls for powdery mildew in winter squash including copper treatments.

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Integrated Crop and Disease Management Team | 2023 Progress Report

June 10, 2023August 7, 2024 cuccap CucCAP Disease Management Team

View all tables and figures in pages 62 – 85 of the pdf version of this report.

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Integrated Crop and Disease Management | Research Publications

April 25, 2023November 1, 2023 cuccap Cucurbit Crop & Disease Management Resources

CucCAP 2: 32 Refereed Journal Articles,

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CucCAP Squash Team | Research Publications

April 25, 2023May 25, 2023 cuccap CucCAP Squash Team

The CucCAP squash team published 6 journal articles in 2022 & 2023, 7 journal articles in 2021, and 5 journal articles in 2020.

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CucCAP scientists use cucumber core collection to map fruit quality traits

The CucCAP core collection, comprised of 388 accessions representing >96% of the genetic diversity for cucumber present in the U.S. National Plant Germplasm System, harbors important sources of disease resistance. As sources of resistance are often present in germplasm with poor fruit quality, scientists from Michigan State University characterized the collection for fifteen fruit quality traits. Genetic associations (QTL) for each trait were identified from genome-wide association studies (GWAS). Many of the genetic locations were in close vicinity to previously identified fruit trait QTL and candidate genes; several novel loci and genes potentially important for these traits were also identified.

For further reading:

Lin YC, Weng Y, Fei Z, Grumet R. 2025. Mining the cucumber core collection: phenotypic and genetic characterization of morphological diversity for fruit quality characteristics. Horticulture Research 12:uhae340.

 

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