Dr. Jonathan Schultheis from NC State University will speak in the Cucurbits Session on Thursday, February 22, 2018. The title of his presentation is: “A Melon Mix of Specialty and Cantaloupe Types”.
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Southeastern U.S. 2018 Vegetable Crop Handbook | Growing Produce
Download the Southeastern U.S. 2018 Vegetable Crop Handbook from Growing Produce or visit topics of interest for cucurbit growers with the following links: Disease Control for Cucurbits Efficacy of Products for Disease Control in Cucurbits Cucumber Production Recomendations Melon Production Recomendations Pumpkin and Winter Squash Production Recomendations Summer Squash Production Recomendations Watermelon Production Recomendations
Screening Melon for Disease Resistance
The USDA-ARS breeding team located in Salinas, CA is screening specialty melons for disease resistance.
Melon Disease Forecaster (Melcast)
Source: Melcast Update MELCAST is a system whereby melon growers can determine the best time to apply fungicides. The MELCAST system uses scientific and localized weather data to determine when fungicide applications are best made. Melcast Update (this web page) is intended to help muskmelon and watermelon growers keep track of daily MELCAST EFI (Environmental Favorability Index) […]
2016 Cucurbit Cultivar Evaluations
2016 Cucumber Variety Evaluations
2016 XXV International Congress of Entomology
Presentation by Jim McCreight, W.M. Wintermantel, and E.T. Natwick: Expression of Host Plant Resistance in Melon to Sweetpotato Whitefly in the Desert Southwest United States. DOI: 10.1603/ICE.2016.115559, XXV International Congress of Entomology, Orlando, FL, Sep. 2016.
