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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

Management of cucurbit downy mildew caused by Pseudoperonospora cubensis, relies on an intensive fungicide program. CDM occurs annually due to an influx of airborne sporangia, so timely alerts of appearance of sporangia can help growers to determine the need to initiate fungicide sprays. Research by CucCAP scientists developed improved ability to detect airborne sporangia and distinguish among types that infect different kinds of crops. This improved methodology could be used as part of an advisory system to time fungicide applications to protect cucurbit crops.
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CucCAP Team News


Early Career Scientist Spotlight | Md Ziaur Rahman Bhuiyan

Md Ziaur Rahman Bhuiyan is a post doctoral researcher in the Quesada Vegetable Pathology lab in the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology at North Carolina State University. His research will focus on Pseudoperonospora cubensis, the pathogen that causes Cucurbit Downy Mildew.
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News from the Cucurbit Community


Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative call for papers

CucCAP watermelon team leader and editor of the Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative (CGC) report, Amnon Levi, has requested that the cucurbit community submit reports for CGC#46. Reports are being accepted through February 28, 2023.
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Cucurbit Disease Management and Crop Production News


The South Carolina Grower | February 2023

Read about two watermelon diseases in the article, “The Pythium Damping-Off of Seedless and Pollenizer Watermelons”  from CucCAP scientist and Clemson Plant Pathologist Tony Keinath.
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Events


2023 National Watermelon Convention

February 22 - February 26
Asheville, NC
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2023 Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Convention

February 22 - February 23
Niagara Falls, Ontario Canada
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North Carolina Watermelon Association Convention

March 10 - March 11
Wrightsville Beach, NC
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Pickle Packers International Spring 2023 meeting

April 18 - April 20
Raleigh, NC
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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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