Striped Cucumber Beetles: Densities and Effective Scouting in Watermelons October 24, 2018 - From Issue: 652 By: John Ternest Read More Striped cucumber beetle can be a significant pest in watermelon production systems. These pests can cause feeding damage to roots, stems, leaves, and flowers of plants as well as the[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Watermelon Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management
IPM Revisited: A Cost-effective Solution for Balancing Pest and Pollinator Management October 24, 2018 - From Issue: 652 By: Jacob Pecenka Read More Insecticides are often needed to control pests in vegetable crops, but in crops that require pollinators we often worry about the impact those insecticides may have on those pollinators (Figure[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Watermelon Article Tags: Bees Insect and Mite Management
Growing Grafted Cucumbers for Early Season Production in Protected Cultural Systems — Lessons Learned from on-farm Trials October 24, 2018 - From Issue: 652 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Cucumbers are extremely sensitive to cold. Locally grown cucumbers are almost only available in the summer. While in Asia, without the use of fancy heated greenhouses, cucumbers can grow all[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Cucumbers Article Tags: Greenhouses & High Tunnels Protected Culture and Season Extension
New Disease Report – Charcoal Rot of Cucumber October 24, 2018 - From Issue: 652 By: Dan Egel Read More This disease was identified on a long Asian cucumber growing in a high tunnel in Mid-June in Knox County. The first symptom noted was wilting of the cucumber plant. Upon[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Cucumbers Article Tags: Greenhouses & High Tunnels Plant Disease Management
Harvest and Postharvest Storage of Pumpkins and Winter Squash September 20, 2018 - From Issue: 651 By: Wenjing Guan and Dan Egel Read More With the start of pumpkin harvest, it is a good time to review important considerations for harvest and postharvest storage of pumpkins and winter squash (butternut, acorn and hubbard squash[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Pumpkins Article Tags: Harvesting and Postharvest
Late Season Pumpkin Disease Management September 20, 2018 - From Issue: 651 By: Dan Egel Read More Several pumpkin growers have asked me when to stop managing for pumpkin diseases. That is, when should a pumpkin grower stop applying fungicides? I cannot provide a definitive answer for this question;[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Pumpkins Article Tags: Plant Disease Management
What’s Eating my Squash? September 20, 2018 - From Issue: 651 By: Laura Ingwell Read More Many of us may forget about the pesky squash vine borer until it’s too late. This pest of cucurbit crops tends to be sporadic in our region; you are either[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Pumpkins Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management
Plectosporium Blight of Pumpkins August 30, 2018 - From Issue: 650 By: Dan Egel Read More Before writing this article, I went back to an old article from 2015. In 2015, I had written, Plectosporium blight was more severe than normal. In 2018, I have also[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Pumpkins Article Tags: Plant Disease Management
Hollowheart of Watermelons August 30, 2018 - From Issue: 650 By: Wenjing Guan Read More Hollowheart of watermelons is a physiological fruit disorder. Flesh separates inside of the fruit, typically forming three gaps (Figure 1 and 2). In severe cases, hollowheart could cause watermelon load[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Watermelon Article Tags: Crop Culture Varieties
Downy Mildew Update August 30, 2018 - From Issue: 650 By: Dan Egel Cucurbit downy mildew has been observed on cucumber in LaPorte County and LaGrange Counties, in northern Indiana and Knox County in the southwest. Downy mildew of cucurbits has also been[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Article Tags: Plant Disease Management
