Reports of CDM from SC and GA on cucumber and from FL on cantaloupe, watermelon, butternut squash, cucumber, and yellow squash.
Cucurbit Downy Mildew
CucCAP researchers develop genetic tools and diagnostic guide for cucurbit downy mildew
Plant pathologists from the CucCAP disease management team published two articles focusing on CDM: “Population Analyses Reveal Two Host-Adapted Clades of Pseudoperonospora cubensis, the Causal Agent of Cucurbit Downy Mildew, on Commercial and Wild Cucurbits” & “Diagnostic Guide for Cucurbit Downy Mildew”
Plethora of Plant Diseases Following Rainy Season for Alabama Producers | VSCNews
“We saw quite a bit of gummy stem blight on watermelons. We also saw downy (mildew) and anthracnose on things like cucumbers as well as pumpkins.”
Cucurbit downy mildew forecast October 31, 2020
The ipmPIPE published their last official forecast for the 2020 growing season at the end of October 2020.
Cucurbit Downy Mildew diagnosis guide | APS
The “Diagnostic Guide for Cucurbit Downy Mildew” published in Plant Health Progress is featured in a October 2020 news release from APS.
PDMR 14 – Plant Disease Management Reports for Cucurbits
PDMR, Volume 14, 2020
Results of 2019, Published in 2020.
Plant Disease Management reports for cucumbers and squash.Evaluations include control of Downy mildew on cucumber, Downy mildew on squash and Phytophthora fruit rot on squash.
