October 18 First report from IL. CDM has been confirmed on jack-o-lantern pumpkin in a field in Kankakee County, IL. Incidence is 20%, severity is 10%. Estimated date of first symptoms is August 23. October 13 First reports from TN and MO. CDM has been confirmed on melon in a field in Cocke County, TN. Incidence is unknown, severity is unknown. […]
Cucumber
Pickle Variety Twilight Meeting – Cornell Vegetable Program
Vegetable growers toured an on-farm plot of early generation Cornell downy mildew resistant pickle breeding lines. Dr. Michael Mazourek, Professor of Plant Breeding, and lab members, were on-site to walk growers through the plot and review plant selections. Feedback from growers helps Cornell researchers make selections for the next generation of pickle variety releases. Organic control […]
The CucCAP cucumber team evaluated breeding lines in August
The cucumber research plots are located at the University of Wisconsin Hancock Agricultural Research Station in Hancock, WI.
Breeding Efforts in the Grumet lab at Michigan State University
Breeding activities focus on fruit development and disease resistance in Cucumis (cucumber and melon) crops using a combination of molecular genetic, genomic and transgenic approaches. The CucCAP team is especially interested in early stages of fruit growth and factors influencing fruit size, shape, cuticle and surface properties and resistance to infection by the oomycete pathogen, […]
Ontario Cucurbit Downy Mildew Report for July 2017
CucCAP: Screening Cucumber for Disease Resistance
Cucumber downy mildew confirmed in Buncombe County, NC – July 7, 2017 | North Carolina Cooperative Extension
Source: Cucumber downy mildew confirmed in Buncombe County, NC – July 7, 2017 | North Carolina Cooperative Extension
Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) Breeding Line with Young Fruit Resistance to Infection by Phytophthora capsici
HortScience June 2017 vol. 52 no. 6 922-924 Source: Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) Breeding Line with Young Fruit Resistance to Infection by Phytophthora capsici
