Research

Research & Education

February 5, 2024 Watermelon Production Meeting - Tift/Worth County

Presentations Shared:


Fall '23 Update-Whitefly Transmitted Viruses of Cucurbits

Research Article-click here

Ragunathan Devendran 1,† , Saritha Raman Kavalappara 1,*,†, Alvin M. Simmons 2 and Sudeep Bag 1,*

1 Department of Plant Pathology, University of Georgia, Tifton, GA 31793, USA
2 U.S. Vegetable Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture,
Charleston, SC 29414, USA
* Correspondence: sarirk@uga.edu (S.R.K.); sudeepbag@uga.edu (S.B.)
† These authors contributed equally to this work.


Watermelon Viruses

June, 2022

Viruses

Research Article-click here

Adeleke, I.A.; Kavalappara, S.R.; McGregor, C.; Srinivasan, R.; Bag, S. Persistent, and Asymptomatic Viral Infections and Whitefly-Transmitted Viruses Impacting Cantaloupe and Watermelon in Georgia, USA. Viruses 202214, 1310. https://doi.org/10.3390/v14061310


2023 GWA Annual Meeting & Conference


Keynote Speaker Presentation: Dr. Chris Kuehl, Managing Director of Armada Corporate Intelligence

Chris Kuehl Breakfast

Title and Description:

2022 - Old Issues Remain and New Ones Emerge
- There was hope that 2021 would be the rebound year and in many ways it was. That brought issues associated with growth - inflation, supply chain breakdowns, labor shortage and the like. There was hope the pandemic issue had faded but that proved premature. What can we expect in 2022? Is a return to what was once deemed "normal" a possibility?


2022 - First Report - Watermelon Crinkle Leaf

Adeleke A.I, Kavalappara, S.R., Tolerance, T., Bennett, J., Bag, S. (2022) First report of watermelon crinkle leaf associated virus 1 naturally infecting watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) in Georgia, USA. Plant Disease


2022 GWA Conference - Education Sessions

Produce Safety Rule in GeorgiaMaggie Hart Brown, Georgia Department of Agriculture, Education and Outreach Coordinator

Watermelon Grafting: New Rootstocks and Grafting Methods - What to Expect -  Dr. Richard Hassell, Professor, Clemson University

Challenges & Opportunities for Spray Drones - Dr. Dan Martin, USDA, Aerial Application Technology Research -
(Presentation file is too large to view-please contact dcheplick@asginfo.net if interested in viewing.)