Act now to protect cucumbers from downy mildew. The Hausbeck vegetable pathology lab at Michigan State University has established a network of spore traps in major cucumber production areas of their state. This year, they have the ability to distinguish the spores of cucumber downy mildew from the spores of hop downy mildew . The spores […]
Hausbeck Lab @ MSU
Mary Hausbeck is an Extension Vegetable Plant Pathologist at Michigan State University. Members of her lab include Charles Krasnow and Sheila Linderman.
Wet, humid weather challenges vegetable disease management | MSU Vegetable Extension
Cloudy, humid and wet weather are perfect conditions for downy mildew. These conditions also favor the transport of downy mildew sporangia into our Michigan growing areas. Continue Reading
May 1 & 8 Vegetable Updates | MSU
The Michigan State University Vegetable Pathology Lab teams up with Michigan State Extension to publish bi-monthly vegetable updates throughout the growing season. Most regions of Michigan are not reporting any activities with cucurbit crops at this time. The East Michigan vegetable update reported: Vine crops are up in the trays. Some watermelons are getting leggy. Plastic is […]
Broad-spectrum fungicides for vegetables | MSU Vegetables
Benjamin Phillips from Michigan State University Extension and Mary Hausbeck from MSU Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences recently published recommendations for broad-spectrum fungicide options available for use on multiple vegetable crops including cucurbits. Download a PDF version of table Continue Reading
Diagnosing and Managing Phytophthora on Squash
The Hausbeck Plant Pathology Research Lab presented a poster titled Diagnosing and Managing Phytophthora on Squash at the 2019 Empire State Producers EXPO held January 15 – 19, 2019. The CucCAP vegetable pathology team used this poster at a series of cucurbit disease workshops presented in Michigan during the months of January, February and March 2019. […]
SE Michigan Winter Vegetable Meeting
Cuccap Project Develops Extension Fact Sheets for Important Cucurbit Diseases in English and Spanish
Members of the CucCAP extension team [Dr. Mary Hausbeck, Michigan State University; Dr. Angela Linares, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez; Dr. Lina Quesada-Ocampo, North Carolina State University; Dr. Chris Smart, Cornell University] have developed 16 extension fact sheets to support stakeholders and impact cucurbit production in each region. The fact sheets provide useful information […]
2019 Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Convention
Topics include: Managing Phytophthora Crown and Fruit Rot Dr. Mary Hausbeck, Michigan State University, USA Fruit Rots of Pumpkins and Squash Dr. Sally Miller, Ohio State University, USA
