Presentations by CucCAP researchers and Extension educators include: In the Pickling Cucumber session, Mary Hausbeck, Plant, Soils and Microbial Sciences Dept., MSU will speak about Cucumber disease control in 2017 and Jonathan Schultheis, Dept. Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, will speak about the use of parthenocarpic fruiting types in the North Carolina pickling industry. In the […]
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.
Manejo de Phytophthora en calabaza de invierno y en calabaza
Managing Phytophthora on Winter Squash and Pumpkin, the English version of this factsheet, is available on the Hausbeck Lab website.
MSU Veggie Pathology team cucumber harvest video
Some downy mildew recommendations for cucumbers – VGN
Downy mildew causes severe leaf blight on cucurbit crops, including cucumber, melon, squash, and pumpkin.
Downy mildew recommendations for cucumbers | MSU Extension
For Michigan to remain the top producer of pickling cucumbers in the U.S., downy mildew must be controlled.
PDMR 11 – Plant Disease Management Reports for Cucurbits
PDMR, Volume 11, 2017.
Results of 2016 field trials, Published in 2017.
Plant Disease Management reports for cucumber, squash, and watermelon.
Powdery mildew on squash and pumpkin
Podosphaera xanthii Cucurbit powdery mildew is caused worldwide by the fungal pathogens Podosphaera xanthii and Golovinomyces cichoracearum. Podosphaera xanthii is more common¹ and, apparently, may be the only one on cucurbits in North America². Early symptoms of powdery mildew include small, circular, yellow lesions on leaves and petioles. Lesions quickly become covered in white spores and […]
Powdery mildew on watermelon
Podosphaera xanthii Cucurbit powdery mildew is caused worldwide by the fungal pathogens Podosphaera xanthii and Golovinomyces cichoracearum. Podosphaera xanthii is more common¹ and, apparently, may be the only one on cucurbits in North America². Early symptoms of powdery mildew include small, circular, yellow lesions on leaves and petioles. Lesions quickly become covered in white spores and […]
