Progress Reports and Work Plans CucCAP Cucumber Team members; Yiqun Weng (USDA, ARS), Rebecca Grumet (Michigan St. Univ.), and Todd Wehner (North Carolina St. Univ.) reported the progress from each of their labs for 2017. Develop genomic approaches and tools GBS of PI collection, establish GWAS core Personnel: Weng (Wang Y, Tan J, Dymerski R), […]
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
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 […]
2018 Empire State Producers Expo
Topics include commodity specific programs including programs for specialty crops. Presentations include: Smart, C.D. and Lange, H. 2018. Fungus, Water Mold or Bacteria: Which is Which in My Vine Crops? New York State Producers Expo. January
2016 North East Cover Crops Council
Powdery mildew on squash and pumpkin
Podosphaera xanthii Cucurbit powdery mildew is caused worldwide by the fungal pathogens Podosphaera xanthii and Golovinomyces cichoracearum. Podosphaera xanthii is more common¹ and, apparently, may be the only one on cucurbits in North America². Early symptoms of powdery mildew include small, circular, yellow lesions on leaves and petioles. Lesions quickly become covered in white spores and […]
Powdery mildew on watermelon
Podosphaera xanthii Cucurbit powdery mildew is caused worldwide by the fungal pathogens Podosphaera xanthii and Golovinomyces cichoracearum. Podosphaera xanthii is more common¹ and, apparently, may be the only one on cucurbits in North America². Early symptoms of powdery mildew include small, circular, yellow lesions on leaves and petioles. Lesions quickly become covered in white spores and […]
Phytophthora blight on Squash and Pumpkins
Phytophthora capsici: In squash fields, Phytophthora capsici causes wilting, crown, root, and fruit rot, plant stunting and death. Since the disease results in a range of symptoms in squash it is often referred to as Phytophthora blight. Sporangia are formed on infected fruit and have a powdered sugar appearance. P. capsici is favored by rain […]
