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Cucurbit Downy Mildew

Cucurbit Downy Mildew updates | ipmPIPE

October 2, 2023October 19, 2023 cuccap Cucurbit Crop & Disease Management Resources

Epidemic Updates for September 18 to October 2, 2023

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Cucurbit Downy Mildew updates Sept. 18, 2023 | ipmPIPE

September 15, 2023September 22, 2023 cuccap Cucurbit Crop & Disease Management Resources

Cucumber downy mildew on cucumber was reported in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts between August 25 and September 12, 2023. CDM was reported on squash in N.C.

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CDM confirmed on squash in Johnson County, N.C.

September 5, 2023September 19, 2023 cuccap CucCAP Disease Management Team

This disease was confirmed on squash in Johnson County, North Carolina on August 25, 2023. Disease incidence was approximately 15% and the affected leaves showed 45% disease severity.

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Michigan Cucurbit update | August 30, 2023

September 1, 2023December 1, 2023 cuccap Cucurbit Crop & Disease Management Resources

As cucurbits continue to be harvested, both downy and powdery mildew are widespread.

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Cucurbit Downy Mildew updates August 29, 2023 | ipmPIPE

August 29, 2023September 29, 2023 cuccap Cucurbit Crop & Disease Management Resources

Cucurbit Downy Mildew was detected in Indiana, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Delaware, Virginia, and New Jersey in August 2023.

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Cucurbit Downy Mildew updates August 14, 2023 | ipmPIPE

August 14, 2023September 19, 2023 cuccap Cucurbit Crop & Disease Management Resources

📢New reports of Cucurbit Downy Mildew on cucumber🥒, butternut, and pumpkins🎃 in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Michigan, Maryland, New York, Tennessee, and Alabama📢 from July 28 to August 9, 2023.

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Michigan Cucurbit update | August 9, 2023

August 14, 2023August 21, 2023 cuccap Cucurbit Crop & Disease Management Resources

Good yields of yellow and green processing zucchini were being harvested in west central Michigan.
Watermelon harvest continues in the state.
Cucurbit downy mildew has been confirmed in eight counties to date.
Clade-2 Downy mildew spores were captured in Michigan.

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Michigan Cucurbit update | August 2, 2023

August 7, 2023August 21, 2023 cuccap Cucurbit Crop & Disease Management Resources

Strategies to control Phytophthora fruit rot and Cucurbit downy mildew has been confirmed in Michigan

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CucCAP scientists identify markers for powdery mildew resistance in watermelon

Powdery mildew outbreaks, caused by Podosphaera xanthii, cause reduced yields and fruit quality in watermelon. CucCAP scientists at Clemson University and the USDA Vegetable Laboratory Charleston SC employed a bulked segregant analysis approach using data from 1147 accessions from the USDA Citrullus germplasm collection to perform an extreme-phenotype genome-wide association study (XP-GWAS) of tolerance to P. xanthii race 2W. Kompetitive Allele-Specific PCR (KASP) markers were designed for significant SNPs associated with reduced disease. The best marker in each region explained 21-31% of the variation in powdery mildew tolerance.

For further reading:

Branham et al., 2025. Extreme-phenotype genome-wide association study (XP-GWAS) of powdery mildew race 2 W tolerance in the USDA Citrullus germplasm collection. Scientific Reports. DOI10.1038/s41598-025-89445-8

 

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