Watermelon Research and Development Working Group	
	
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Place an X in the column beside your field(s) of expertise.	
	
INSECTS	
Aphids (Aphis spp.)	
Bees/Pollinators	
Biocontrol	
Cucumber Beetle (Acalymma vittatum)	
Epilachna Beetles (Epilachna spp.)	
Insecticides	
Leaf-footed bug (Leptoglossus spp.)	
Miscellaneous Insects	
Red Pumpkin beetle (Aulacaphora foveicollis)	
Spider Mites (Tetranychus urticae and T. cinnabarinus)	
Squash Bug (Anasa tristis)	
Whiteflies (Bemisia tabaci)	
Others	
	
CULTURAL	
Cultivars	
Fertilization	
Irrigation	
Mulches	
Organic	
Plant Density	
Pollination	
Salt	
Seedless	
Stress Physiology	
Tillage	
Transplant	
Water Management	
	
	
ECONOMICS	
Cultural Practice Profiles	
Prod. Costs	
Terminal Marketing	
1. Historic Prices @ Terminal Markets	
2. Historic Volumes @ Terminal Markets	
	
	
SELECTED BACTERIAL DISEASES	
Bacterial Fruit Blotch (Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli)	
Bacterial Wilt (Erwinia tracheiphila)	
Yellow Vine (Phloem-limited bacterium)	
Others	
	
FOLIAR DISEASES	
Alternaria Leaf Spot (Alternaria cucumerina)	
Angular Leaf Spot (Pseudomonas syringae)	
Anthracnose (Colletotrichum orbiculare)	
Bacterial Leaf Spot (Xanthomonas campestris pv. cucurbitae)	
Cercospora Leaf Spot (Cercospora citrullina)	
Downy Mildew (Pseudoperonospora cubensis)	
Gummy Stem Blight (Didymella bryoniae)	
Powdery Mildew (Erysiphe cichoracearum)	
Powdery Mildew (Sphaerotheca fuliginea)	
Others	
	
VIRUSES	
Cucumber Mosaic (CMV)	
Curcurbit Yellow Stunting Disorder (CYSDV)	
Lettuce Infectious Yellows (LIYV)	
Papaya Ringspot Virus type W (PRSV-W)	
Squash Mosaic (SqMV)	
Tomato Ringspot (TmRSV)	
Vectors	
Watermelon Mosaic (WMV)	
Zucchini Yellow Mosaic (ZYMV)	
Others	
	
SOILBORNE DISEASES	
Acremonium Collapse (Acremonium cucurbitacearum)	
Biocontrol	
Charcoal Rot (Macrophomina phaseolina)	
Damping-Off (Phytophthora spp.)	
Damping-Off (Pythium spp.)	
Fumigation	
Fusarium Root Rot (Fusarium solani f. sp. cucurbitae)	
Fusarium Wilt (Fusarium oxysporum)	
Gummy Stem Blight (Didymella bryoniae)	
Monosporascus Vine Decline (Monosporascus cannonballus)	
Root Rot (Rhizoctonia solani)	
Sclerotina Rot (Sclerotinia sclerotiorum)	
Southern Blight (Sclerotium rolfsii)	
Verticillium Wilt (Verticillium dahliae)	
Other Diseases	
	
NEMATODES	
Biocontrol	
Nematicides	
Reniform (Rotylenchulus reniformis)	
Root-knot (Meloidogyne spp.)	
Other Nematodes	
	
WEED MANAGEMENT	
Biocontrol	
Chemical Control	
Cultural Control	
Herbicide Injury	
Herbicides	
Mechanical Control	
Weed Identification	
Other	
	
FRUIT ROTS	
Anthracnose (Colletotrichum orbiculare)	
Bacterial Fruit Blotch (Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli)	
Bacterial Rind Necrosis (Erwinia sp.)	
Belly Rot (Rhizoctonia solani)	
Black Rot (Didymella bryoniae)	
Diplodia Fruit Rot (Lasiodiplodia theobromae)	
Fusarium Fruit Rot (Fusarium spp.)	
Phytophthora Fruit Rot (Phytophthora spp.)	
Pythium Cottony Leak (Pythium spp.)	
Southern Blight (Sclerotium rolfsii)	
Other	
	
PLANT BREEDING/GENETICS	
	
POSTHARVEST	
Diseases	
Food Safety	
Handling	
Nutritional	
Storage	
Quality	
Value Added	
	
Commercial Industry	
Seed	
Brokers	
Transplant	
Pesticide	
Fungicide	
Insecticide	
Herbicide	
Fumigants	
	
	
	
	
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