Welcome to the CucCAP Chronicle

The CucCAP project is developing genomic resources to increase disease resistance in cucurbit crops for the cucurbit community. The CucCAP website provides news about CucCAP grant activity, cucurbit diseases, and cucurbit crop production to a broad audience including crop producers, plant pathologists, plant breeders, plant genome scientists, and vegetable extension specialists.

CucCAP Featured Article

CucCAP researchers from Clemson University and USDA-Charleston identified two major and seven minor QTL using a cross between the resistant melon breeding line MR-1 and susceptible cultivar Ananas Yoqne’am. Work is underway to develop KASP markers to facilitate breeding for these QTL and test their association with resistance to Pseudoperonospora cubensis isolates.
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Meet the CucCAP Team

CucCAP scientist Matthew Uebbing's research is focused on evaluating fungicide sensitivity of Pseudoperonospora cubensis to fungicides, efficacy of forecasters in controlling CDM, and spore trapping of P. cubensis.
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Cucurbit Disease Management and Crop Production News

Emerging Viruses in Cucurbits

On August 3, the Plant Health 2021 Idea Café hosted a discussion titled,“Emerging Viruses in Cucurbits”. The large number of attendees at this idea café illustrates the level of concern in the cucurbit industry over the increasing emergence and spread of viruses infecting cucurbit crops in the U.S., as well as globally.
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Cucurbit downy mildew epidemic updates | ipmPIPE

In September 2021 recent outbreaks of Cucurbit Downy Mildew were reported on butternut squash, acorn squash, pumpkin, zucchini, summer squash and cucumber.
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USDA AMS Revises Standards for Watermelon

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service is revising the U.S. Standards for Watermelon to provide a common language for trade by establishing a total tolerance for anthracnose and decay in the U.S. No. 1 and U.S. No. 2 grades.
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Cucurbit Crop and Disease Management in the Southeastern U.S.

Recent articles from Vegetable and Specialty Crop News focused on whitefly and virus management in cucurbit crops, breeding watermelon for resistance to Fusarium wilt, and vegetable crop reports from Clemson Extension.
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Ontario CDM Spore Trap Network - August update

ONvegetables provides information for commercial vegetable production in Ontario, Canada.
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Events

Plant Health 2021 Cucurbit Virus Discussion

Online discussion October 1 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Central Standard Time

Join CucCAP Plant Pathologist Dr. William Wintermantel for a continuation of the discussion initiated during the Plant Health 2021 Idea Café on August 3.
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53rd Annual Florida Watermelon Association Convention

October 20 - October 22

Orlando, FL

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2021 Australasian Plant Pathology Society Biennial Conference

November 23 - November 26

online from Australia

CucCAP vegetable pathologist, Dr. Lina Quesada-Ocampo will be a keynote speaker at this conference.
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NC Vegetable Grower’s Association Ag Expo

November 29 - December 1

Raleigh - Durham, NC

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2021 Great Lakes Expo

December 7 - December 9

Grand Rapids, MI

CucCAP plant pathologist, Dr. Mary Hausbeck will make presentations in the pickling cucumber, processing vegetable, and vine crops sessions.
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The CucCAP Chronicle is the newsletter of the Cucurbit Coordinated Agricultural Project website. Submit comments to cuccap-website@ncsu.edu.

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