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

Phytophthora capsici causes significant yield losses in commercial summer squash production in the U.S. Deployment of resistant cultivars can complement integrated management practices for Phytophthora, but resistant cultivars are currently unavailable for growers. To facilitate development of resistant cultivars, scientists at the University of Florida led by Geoffrey Meru characterized resistance to Phytophthora crown rot in PI 181761 and identified a major QTL on chromsome 13. Several SNP markers were designed to target this QTL for marker-assisted selection.
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Meet the CucCAP team

Stuart Michel is a research technician in Dr. Jonathan Schultheis’ vegetable production program at NC State University. Stuart is pursuing a masters degree in Horticultural Science and his research will focus on Fusarium wilt of watermelon.
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Disease Management and Crop Production News

2022 recommendations for greenhouse pest management

CucCAP Plant Pathologist, Mary Hausbeck, has released new Greenhouse Disease Management recommendations for 2022. The Hausbeck Lab collaborated with other MSU Extension specialists to develop a guide for disease management for vegetable and herb crops.
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Vectors and disease reported in the Southeast

Cucurbit crop diseases are reported by crop producers, Extension Agents, and Plant Pathologists from many regions of the United States. Whitefly pressure has been increasing to high levels in Southern Florida which is normal at this time of year. Whiteflies are vectors for viruses.
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Events

2022 Pickle Packer's International Spring Meeting

April 19 - April 20
Washington, DC

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2022 NPDN National Meeting

April 27 - April 30
Davis, CA
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West Coast Produce Expo 2022

June 2 - June 4
Palm Desert, CA

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Plant Biology 2022

July 9 - July 13
Portland, OR
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The Mycological Society of America 2022 Meeting

July 10 - July 13
Gainsville, FL
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ASHS 2022 Annual Conference

July 30 - August 3
Rosemont, IL
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Plant Health 2022

August 6 - August 10
Pittsburg, PA
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CUCURBITACEAE 2022

October 30 - November 2
Naples, FL
Cucurbitaceae Conference Hosts are CucCAP Scientists Dr. Cecelia McGregor (University of Georgia) and Dr. Geoffrey Meru (University of Florida).
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All Events

The CucCAP Chronicle is the newsletter of the Cucurbit Coordinated Agricultural Project website. Submit comments to cuccap-website@ncsu.edu.

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