February CucCAP team Presentations

CucCap team members presented research results at the Southern Region ASHS meeting in Jacksonville, Florida on February 2 – 4. Jonathan Schultheis, leader of the CucCAP extension team and members of the NC State vegetable research group, Elizabeth Indermaur and Keith Starke, presented Galia Specialty Melon Evaluations and Opportunities. Cecilia McGregor, a member of the CucCAP watermelon team […]

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Southern Region ASHS

SRASHS will meet in conjunction with the Southern Association of Agricultural Scientist (SAAS). DEADLINE TO MAKE RESERVATIONS: FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 2018.

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Georgia Watermelon Association

On January 27, 2018, Dr. Jonathan Schulthies from NC State University will speak about: “Watermelon Pollenizer Comparisons and Placement; Mini watermelon Cultivar Evaluations in NC”.

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Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association of Delaware

Dr. Jonathan Schultheis will present: “Parthenocarpic Pickling Cucumber; Plant Population and Cultivar Considerations” at the Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association of Delaware annual meeting on Wednesday, January 10, 2018 in the Processing Vegetable Session. View the program for this meeting. 

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CucCAP presentations at January Events

CucCAP Extension presentation at the Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association of Delaware annual meeting – January 8 – 11, 2018 Dr. Jonathan Schultheis will present: “Melon Varieties; Orange Flesh and Various Specialty Melon Opportunities at the on Tuesday January 9, 2018 in the Fresh market session. Dr. Jonathan Schultheis will present: “Parthenocarpic Pickling Cucumber; Plant Population […]

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2017 Great Lakes Expo and Michigan Greenhouse Growers Expo

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 […]

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