Quesada-Ocampo Lab @ NC State
The NC State Vegetable Pathology Lab studies diseases of cucurbit crops to deliver novel and improved disease management strategies to growers in North Carolina and advance knowledge in the field of vegetable pathology.
38th Annual Southeast Vegetable & Fruit Expo
Cucurbit Downy Mildew Management Updates: Lina Quesada-Ocampo, NC State University Canary Melons: Options for NC: Stuart Michel, Jonathan Schultheis, NC State University Standard and Mini Sized Watermelon Cultivar Results: Jonathan Schultheis, NC State University Fusarium Wilt Management Updates: Stuart Michel, Jonathan Schultheis, NC State University
Pickle Packers International meeting
The Pickling Cucumber Improvement Committee (PCIC) meeting will be held in conjunction with the 2024 Pickle Packers international Annual Meeting & Product Showcase.
Ag-tech to diagnose disease
Quesada Lab, PhD student Mariana Prieto win the Trolinder Award for pursuing research aimed at plant disease detection.
Early Career Scientist Spotlight | Sarah Cochran-Murray
Sarah Cochran-Murray is a PhD candidate working with CucCAP Plant Pathologist Dr. Lina Quesada-Ocampo in the Vegetable Pathology Lab at North Carolina State University’s Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, as well as the NC Plant Sciences Initiative.
Plant Health 2024
Downy Mildew Detecting Spiderlike Robot
CucCAP plant pathologist, Lina Quesada-Ocampo and her research team are collaborating with the NC State engineers to create robotics to sample cucumber fields for cucurbit downy mildew.
Managing anthracnose disease in watermelons
The disease primarily impacts cucumbers and watermelons, but other cucurbits can also serve as hosts. Its symptoms consist of leaf spots, defoliation and an occasional fruit lesion. It can also spread in the fruit bins after harvest, which makes it more difficult to control.
