This is the annual WNC winter vegetable conference where you can get the most up-to-date information on commercial vegetable production and other relevant topics. Network with industry representatives, socialize, earn pesticide credits, and bid in the silent auction which supports scholarships for our youth to study agriculture.
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.
Watermelon Fusarium wilt field experiments | NC State
Plant Pathologists from the NC State Vegetable disease lab evaluate watermelon plants for disease resistance.
Fusarium wilt on watermelon
Fusarium oxysporum, f. sp. niveum Fusarium wilt causes wilting of the above ground tissue and general vine decline in watermelon. Typically, one side of the plant will exhibit more severe symptoms than the other, which is known as unilateral wilting. The fungus colonizes the vascular system causing discoloration that is visible if stems are cut […]
NC State Vegetable Pathology Lab
The Quesada Lab at NC State Universitystudies diseases of cucurbit crops and sweetpotato to deliver novel disease management strategies and advance knowledge in the field of Vegetable pathology.
