Needs for Disease Control in Watermelon

EDUCATION

-Cultural controls for Fusarium Wilt

        -cover crop to reduce current populations

-Bacterial Fruit Blotch- clean seed

-Recognition and identification of Powdery Mildew

-Recognition and identification of Downy Mildew

-Control measures for Phytophthora Blight

-Air pollution

-Vine decline (problem in FL, may be emerging problem in NE)

RESEARCH

Fusarium Wilt

        -chemical control

        -cultural practices

               -soil solarization

               -grafting - quality and yield

-Fungicide resistance 

        -Gummy Stem Blight (regionally)

        -Downy Mildew (regionally) 

        -Powdery Mildew

        -Phytophthora

-Phytophthora -chemical control and alternatives

-Disease management and epidemiology of Downy Mildew

-Need more fungicide efficacy data on Powdery Mildew on watermelon

-We need efficacy data on tanos for Bacterial Fruit Blotch

-Topsin M -- more data needed on efficacy for Anthracnose when used by itself

 

REGULATORY

-labels for new products: mandipropamid (REVUS) - syngenta

                                     : fluopicolide - valent - research number: 

                                     : quintec- dow agrosciences - requesting economic data (NJ)