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Jun 14, 2019

Mid-June Vegetable updates | MSU Extension Vegetables

Pickling cucumber planting delays continue. Some growers were setting aside their last sweet corn plantings to get pumpkins in last week.

Jun 13, 2019

Cucumber downy mildew detected in NC | NC State

Characteristic symptoms include angular, chlorotic lesions on the upper surface of cucurbit leaves and gray sporulation on the underside of the leaves. Sporangiophore structures typical of Pseudoperonospora cubensis, causal agent of CDM, can be observed using a hand lens or under a dissecting microscope.

Jun 4, 2019

Protecting Cucurbit Crops Against Pathogens | VSC News

The Vegetable and Specialty Crop News June 2019 edition features two articles about disease problems of interest to cucurbit growers.

May 30, 2019

May 22 & 29 Vegetable Updates | MSU Extension Vegetables

Michigan Cooperative Extension agents reported on production of cucumbers, melons, watermelons, yellow squash and zucchini. Planting recommendations were posted for pumpkins. The MSU Vegetable Pathology Lab has deployed their downy mildew spore traps.

May 20, 2019

Harnessing Genomics for Disease Resistance in Cucumbers, Melons and Squashes | Scientia

Through genomic studies collaborators in the CucCAP project aim to bring disease-resistant cucumbers, melons, squash and watermelon to farmers and hence ensure greater food sustainability into the future.

May 16, 2019

Extension/Outreach Team | 2019 CucCAP Progress Report

Team members:, Jonathan Schultheis (N. Carolina St.Univ.), Mary Hausbeck (Michigan St. Univ.), Angela Linares (Univ. Puerto Rico), Jim McCreight (USDA, ARS), Lina Quesada (N. Carolina St. Univ.), Chris Smart (Cornell Univ.), and Linda Wessel Beaver (Univ. Puerto Rico): Provide readily accessible information to facilitate disease control, Develop a centralized cucurbit disease website, Provide disease alerts and forecasting tools, Provide diagnostic and disease management assistance, and host Field days and demonstration plots.

May 15, 2019

Gummy stem blight affecting watermelons in Jackson County | Morning Ag Clips

https://www.morningagclips.com/gummy-stem-blight-affecting-watermelons-in-jackson-county/

May 13, 2019

Cucurbit Downy Mildew reports for April 2019

The Cucurbit Downy Mildew Forecast began on April 29 for the 2019 growing season. Cucurbit downy mildew was reported in Florida on Acorn squash, Yellow Summer squash, Zucchini, Cantaloupe, Watermelon, Cucumber, and Butternut squash from February 4 to April 18, 2019.

May 13, 2019

Cornell Vegetable Pathology shares insights on cucurbit disease management

Powdery mildew recommendations for the Northeast from the Cornell Vegetable Pathology Extension at Long Island Horticultural Research & Extension Center were recently updated on the CucCAP website Disease Management Pages. Disease information and 2019 fungicide recommendations from the McGrath lab for Powdery mildew, downy mildew and Phytophthora blight were recently published in Proceedings of the 2019 Empire State Producers Expo.

May 9, 2019

May 1 & 8 Vegetable Updates | MSU Extension Vegetables

Michigan State Vegetable Pathology recently published the article: Broad-spectrum fungicides for vegetables with a table of fungicide recommendations for vegetables including cucumbers, melons, pumpkins and squash.