NC State Cucurbit breeding team: Wehner Lab at NC State Quesada vegetable pathology lab at NC State Allie Druffel is screening watermelon for fusarium resistance. Watermelon Diseases Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus: Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus (CGMMV) Downy mildew: Pseudoperonospora cubensis Fusarium wilt Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum (F. oxysporum) Gummy stem blight Didymella […]
Gummy stem blight
Pudrición Gomosa del tallo en Cucurbitáceas | NC State Extension Publications
CucCAP published a Spanish version of the Gummy Stem Blight Fact Sheet. This is the sixth factsheet that our plant pathologists have translated. Look for more Spanish factsheets in the coming months.
CucCAP Research Studies are under way for 2017
NC State researchers are conducting their greenhouse and lab research for the 2017 growing season. Look for more information soon as the Watermelon breeding and Pathology teams update us with videos of their work. Two members of the NC State research group that you are hearing more about are Allie Druffel and Luis Rivera-Burgos pictured below. […]
Watermelon Disease Management
Watermelon Diseases Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus: Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus (CGMMV) Downy mildew: Pseudoperonospora cubensis Fusarium wilt Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum (F. oxysporum) Gummy stem blight Didymella bryoniae (anamorph = Phoma cucurbitacearum) Papaya ringspot virus : Papaya ringspot virus (PRSV) Phytophthora fruit rot Phytophthora capsici Powdery mildew Podosphaera xanthii Disease Management Resources Cucurbit Disease […]
Breeding Watermelon for Disease Resistance
Citrullus lanatus Fusarium wilt of watermelon Gummy stem blight Phytophthora fruit rot & Powdery mildew Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus Papaya ringspot virus Fusarium wilt of watermelon Fusarium wilt of watermelon is caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. Niveum Fon. It is considered one of the most important diseases of watermelon production in the United States. […]
