MSU Extension plant pathologist Mary Hausbeck has released her updated “2024 Greenhouse Disease Management” guide.
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.
Integrated Disease Management Team | 2024 Progress Report
View the Crop and Disease Management Team update in pages 65 – 98 of the pdf version of this report.
Labs Working on the CucCAP Project:
Lina Quesada-Ocampo (NC State)
Mary Hausbeck (MSU)
Chris Smart (Cornell)
Anthony Keinath (Clemson)
Shaker Kousik (USDA-ARS)
Jonathan Schultheis (NC State)
Daniel Tregeagle (NC State)
Squash Team | 2024 Progress Report
View the 2024 Squash Report including all tables and figures in pages 53 – 64 of the pdf version of this report.
Squash Team members
Florida: Geoffrey Meru, Yuqing Fu, Prerna Sabharwal, Swati Shrestha and Shailesh Acharya
Michigan: Mary Hausbeck, Carmen Medina-Mora, David Perla, Matthew Uebbing
New York: Michael Mazourek, Chris Smart, Colin Day, Libby Indermaur, Gregor Inzinna, Taylere Herrmann
Puerto Rico: Angela Linares
Downy Mildew and Powdery Mildew
CucCAP Plant pathologists discussed cucurbit diseases reported by growers in Growing Produce Magazines’ 2023 State of the Vegetable Industry Survey. CucCAP plant pathologists provided information about Cucurbit Downy mildew and Powdery mildew for this article.
2024 Southeast Michigan Vegetable Grower Winter Meeting
Tips to manage those pesky water mold pathogens: Phytophthora and downy mildew
Mary Hausbeck, Michigan State University
Hausbeck Lab Plant Disease Management Reports
In 2022 and 2023, the Hausbeck Plant Pathology Lab evaluated pickling cucumbers, acorn squash, and hard squash.
2024 Midwest Vegetable Production Guide
This guide is a summary of current crop and pest management recommendations for commercial vegetable growers. This guide is a collaboration of land-grant universities from eight states. It provides a summary of current crop and pest management recommendations for commercial vegetable growers in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, and Ohio.
Management Strategies of Phytophthora Blight in Cucurbits
The USDA has identified vegetable crops as challenged specialty crops. Cucurbits are important cash crops in the United States. The profitable and sustainable production of cucurbits is severely impacted by the destructive soilborne disease, Phytophthora blight.
