The NC State Vegetable Pathology Lab has developed a series of fact sheets describing cucurbit diseases and providing information on how to manage the pathogens causing them. The CucCAP team in collaboration with the Quesada lab developed Spanish translations of these factsheets.
NC State Research and Extension
North Carolina Extension Agents, Economic Specialists, Plant Pathologists, and Vegetable Crop Specialists share Cucurbit disease management information with crop producers and collaborate with Cucurbit breeders.
Cucurbit Crop & Disease Management News | June 2022
Cucurbit Crop and Disease updates from plant pathologists and cooperative extension agents in the South and Midwest.
Cucurbit Disease updates | June 2022
On June 1, the CucCAP team observed Cucurbit Downy Mildew on cucumbers in North Carolina and Fusarium wilt on watermelon in South Carolina.
2022 Crop Profile for Cucumber in North Carolina
CucCAP Crop and Disease Management specialists Lina Quesada-Ocampo and Jonathan Schultheis collaborated with other Cooperative Extension specialists in NC to release a new full crop profile for the NC cucumber. The profile details worker activities; production practices, counties, and facts; pests including insects, pathogens, weeds, nematodes, and mites. Each pest is outlined by name (common and scientific), importance, symptoms, chemical controls, products/brands, biological controls, physical controls, and cultural controls.
Watermelon Production Meeting Monday February 7th
NC Cooperative Extension is partnering with the NC Watermelon Association to host a virtual Watermelon Production Meeting.
Squash Downy Mildew Found in North Carolina
Cucurbit Downy Mildew Confirmed in Western NC
Leaves showed symptoms typical of CDM: angular, chlorotic or yellow lesions on the upper surface of the leaves with gray to black spores on the underside of the leaf.
Cucurbit Downy Mildew Confirmed in Western NC | NC State Extension Plant Pathology
Symptoms typical of CDM include angular, chlorotic or yellow lesions on the upper surface of the leaves with gray to black spores on the underside of the leaf.
