Breeding Efforts to Curb Cucurbit Downy Mildew - Frost

Webinar Recording: Breeding Efforts to Curb Cucurbit Downy Mildew Learn about efforts to breed cucumbers, winter squash, and cantaloupe melons to improve resistance to cucurbit downy mildew without sacrificing flavor, fruit quality, or yield. Edmund Frost from Common Wealth Seed Growers has fine-tuned his breeding program with grant support Southern SARE and the Organic Farming Research Foundation. Frost describes his hands-on, practical breeding process, which involves closely tracking individual plants, saving seed from top performers, and evaluating fruit for eating and keeping quality, yield, concentrated fruit set, and market traits like shape, size, and resistance to rot.  Winter squash SARE grant details: https://projects.sare.org/people/edmu... Breeding effort summary: https://commonwealthseeds.com/research Updates and news from Common Wealth Seed Growers https://commonwealthseeds.com/blog/