CucCAP Disease Management Team

Sep 28, 2018

Sept. 28 Vegetable Update | MSU Extension Vegetables

Central Michigan vegetable update Squash and pumpkin harvest is underway. Powdery mildew is widely present and hastened the decline of leaf canopies and vines late in the season. Read More

Sep 16, 2018

PDMR 12 – Plant Disease Management Reports for Cucurbits

PDMR, Volume 12, 2018. Results of 2016 and 2017 field trials, Published in 2018. Plant Disease Management reports for cucumber, squash, and, pumpkin.

Jul 26, 2018

Downy mildew found in Michigan cucumbers in 2018 | MSU Extension Vegetables

Growers on the west side of Michigan should consider fungicide sprays for cucumbers and melons (watermelons, cantaloupe, muskmelon) now that downy mildew has been verified in Berrien County on July 24, 2018. Read this article from MSU Extension about the downy mildew outbreak.  

Jun 20, 2018

Methods to combat diseases in vegetable crops | MSU Extension Vegetables

The soil borne bacteria, Phytophthora capsici, spreads rapidly via water and can infect cucumbers, zucchini, summer and winter squash, watermelons, cantaloupes, pumpkins, peppers, eggplants, tomatoes and succulent beans. Read more about the destructive bacteria Phytophthora capsici.

Jun 15, 2018

Cucumber Anthracnose Reported in North Carolina | NC State

Leaves infected with cucurbit anthracnose, caused by Colletotrichum orbiculare, were submitted to the NCSU Vegetable Pathology Lab and confirmed as positive. Anthracnose can be confused with other foliar cucurbit diseases, such as cucurbit downy mildew, but chemical control is drastically different for different cucurbit diseases. Read more for information on identification and control of cucurbit anthracnose.

Jun 6, 2018

Phytophthora Diseases Occurring on Fruiting Vegetables in WNC | NC State

As the flooding recedes in western North Carolina, many growers are now reporting losses due to Phytophthora diseases on various vegetable crops including pepper, tomato, cucumber, and other cucurbits.

Jun 1, 2018

Watermelon Powdery Mildew Found in South Carolina | NC State

Dr. Anthony Keinath, Vegetable Pathologist at Clemson University in South Carolina, has found powdery mildew in watermelons and issued an alert. Because the pathogen is airborne, we expect that inoculum may also be present in North Carolina. Read the post on the NC State Extension Cucurbits site.

Apr 15, 2018

2018 CucCAP Extension and Outreach Team Annual Report

Progress Reports and Work Plans Team members: Jonathan Schultheis (NC State University), Mary Hausbeck (Michigan St. Univ.), Angela Linares (Univ. Puerto Rico), Jim McCreight (USDA, ARS), Lina Quesada (N. Carolina St. Univ.),  Chris Smart (Cornell Univ.), Linda Wessel Beaver (Univ. Puerto Rico)  reported on their lab’s progress and plans. 3.2. Provide readily accessible information to facilitate disease control…

Mar 17, 2018

2017 Cucurbit Cultivar Evaluations

Crops: Specialty Melon, Orange Flesh Melon, Pumpkin, Watermelon, and Yellow & Zucchini Squash

Jan 28, 2018

Two new Spanish Fact Sheets now available on the CucCAP website

Dr. Angela Linares-Ramírez and her graduate student, Magdiel Miranda translated the final two cucurbit disease fact sheets authored by Dr. Mary K. Hausbeck, Monitoring and Managing Cucurbit Downy Mildew for Commercial Growers and Management of Cucurbit Downy Mildew for Home Gardeners. The new factsheets, Manejo del añublo lanoso de la cucurbitáceas para los agricultores and Monitoreo y manejo del añublo lanoso de las cucurbitáceas,…