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Feb 21, 2018

Growing Fall Cucumbers, Efficacy and economics of downy mildew resistant varieties

View a PDF presentation from UMass Extension Vegetable Program that was featured on the Cornell vegetable program website.  

Feb 8, 2018

Watermelon Disease Watch | VSC News

Whether it’s diseases vectored by whiteflies or fungal diseases such as fusarium wilt, once a crop is infected, the results can be detrimental.

Feb 7, 2018

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

Feb 1, 2018

Machine Harvested Pickling Cucumbers – Risk Management Fact Sheet

The USDA publishes an annual risk management fact sheet that provides a general overview of the crop insurance program including losses from plant disease.

Feb 1, 2018

Watermelon disease watch – VSC News

On pages 10 – 11 of this article, UF Extension specialists in Gainsville Fl. discuss strategies to manage fusarium wilt and virus transmission by white fly on watermelon. Inside of the February 2018 issue of VSCNews magazine, readers will find pages packed with disease management strategies. Get an update on the latest disease management research…

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,…

Jan 25, 2018

Midwest Vegetable Production Guide for Commercial Growers

The 2018 edition of the Midwest Vegetable Production Guide for Commercial Growers is a collaboration of land-grant universities from eight states. It provides vegetable production information that is valid in the participating states for the current year. This includes fertility, variety, cultural, and pest management recommendations. A hard copy is available at the MSU Extension…

Jan 16, 2018

Project seeks safer cantaloupe melons | Vegetable Growers News

UA project tackles challenge of making safer melon

Jan 3, 2018

New photo gallery: Virus diseases of cucurbits

The Vegetable Pathology group at Cornell’s Long Island Horticultural Research & Extension Center added a new photo gallery to their website. View the photos of symptoms of virus diseases on cucurbits. Cornell vegetable pathology links for Cucurbits Virus diseases of cucurbits

Dec 22, 2017

New Spanish Fact Sheets on the CucCAP website

The CucCAP team in Peurto Rico authored translations of three Spanish factsheets to be added to the CucCAP website: Manejo de Phytophthora en Pepino, Manejo de Phytophthora en Calabaza de Verano y Calabacín, and Manejo de Phytophthora en cantalupe, melón y sandia