Directory of Cucurbits Resources

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The family of vegetables and fruits that includes cucumber, melons and watermelons, squashes, pumpkins, and gourds.

Subcategories

• Pests and Diseases

Resources in This Category

• A Brief History of Cucumbers

  http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~bcohen/cucumbers/history.html
  Brief account of the cultivated plant and its introduction to the Americas.

• Assured Produce Protocol for Courgettes, Marrows, Squashes and Pumpkins

  http://www.assuredproduce.co.uk/resources/000/235/978/Courgettes_Marrows_Squash_and_Pumpkins_2007.pdf
  Producing crops in accordance with these standards allows growers to sell produce to any supermarket or processor in the UK. Information on site selection, site management, variety selection, nutrition, irrigation, crop protection, harvesting and storage.

• Assured Produce Protocol for Cucumbers

  http://www.assuredproduce.co.uk/resources/000/235/596/Cucumbers_2007.pdf
  Adopting this protocol will enable producers to sell cucumbers to any supermarket in the UK. Information on site selection, site management, variety selection, nutrition, irrigation, crop protection, harvesting and storage.

• Cantaloupe and Specialty Melons

  http://extension.uga.edu/publications/detail.cfm?number=B1179
  Information on commercial production of this crop, the plant’s characteristics, propagation, cultural practices, insect pests, diseases and harvesting.

• Economic Aspects of Melons in Sicily

  http://www.agrsci.unibo.it/wchr/wc1/basile.html
  Paper given at the World Congress on Horticultural Research concerning the economics of growing this crop in Sicily.

• Weed Control in Cucurbit Crops

  http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/WG029
  Information on the mechanical and chemical means of managing weeds in muskmelon, cucumber, squash and watermelon.

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