Mark your calendars for Plant Health 2024, where we delve into the future of plant health with the theme, Harnessing the Technology Revolution for a More Sustainable World.
Keinath Lab @ Clemson University
Integrated Disease Management Team | 2024 Progress Report
4.1. Disease management information and recommendations (Year 1-4).
4.2.2 Evaluation of integrated disease management in cucurbits combining host resistance and chemical control (Year 3-4).
4.2.3 Analysis of pathogen populations to inform breeding and disease management (Year 2-3).
Cucumber Team | 2024 Progress Report
Develop genomic, bioingormatic, mapping approacches and tools for cucurbits (2021,2022, 2023)
Map and develop markers for disease resistance
QTL introgression into breeding advanced lines and release to breeders
Economic impact analyses and disease control information
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.
New IPM tool for Cucurbit growers
MyIPM for Vegetables provides Integrated Pest Management information for production of vegetable crops including cantaloupe, cucumber, pumpkin, squash, and watermelon.The target audience is commercial growers, farm advisors, and specialists.
CucCAP scientists find high prevalence of gummy stem blight resistance to common fungicides
The gummy stem blight fungus, Stagonosporopsis citrulli, is now resistant to fungicides in four chemical classes. The newest resistance is to fungicides in FRAC Code 3.
Plant Health 2023 Awards
Two members of the CucCAP Integrated Crop and Disease Management Team were selected to receive APS awards in honor of their significant contributions to the science of plant pathology at Plant Health 2023.
Plant Health 2023
8/15/2023 12:45 – 1:00 pm Monitoring oxathiaipiprolin fungicide resistance mutations in Pseudopernosospora cubensis populations in North Carolina. by Mariana Prieto Torres
