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Gummy Stem Blight on watermelon and cucumbers

April 11, 2022April 21, 2022 cuccap Cucurbit Crop & Disease Management

According to the South Florida Pest and Disease Hotline, Gummy stem blight disease has increased in cucurbit fields across southwest Florida in recent weeks. It has become the predominate disease in some watermelon fields in the area. The disease remains moderate in cucumber crops on the east coast.

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Pickle Packers International 2021 Meeting | CANCELLED

CucCAP scientists Lina Quesada and Daniel Tregeagle will make presentations at this meeting. Meeting agenda and location will be posted soon.

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Greenhouse Vegetables NC Cooperative Extension Agent Training

“Disease Management of Cucumber in the Greenhouse” at 10:30 am. presented by Dr. Lina Quesada.

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The Story of Cucumbers in North Carolina | NC State Extension

July 8, 2019September 22, 2021 cuccap CucCAP Disease Management Team

Jonathan Schultheis discusses cucumber production in North Carolina in this video from NC State Cooperative Extensions Homegrown video series.

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CucCAP researchers review producers willingness to pay for new varieties

Researchers from NC State University reviewed the literature on specialty crop trait valuation using stated preference surveys and performed a regression meta-analysis to calculate the differences in willingness-to-pay premium between specialty crop producers and consumers. They found that, on average, specialty crop producers place an approximately 20 percentage point higher premium on novel crop traits. These findings will support the development of surveys measuring cucurbit producers’ valuation of the breeding traits and cultural techniques developed in the CucCAP project.

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