INTEGRATED SYSTEMS FOR CONTROL OF PREHARVEST AND POSTHARVEST DISEASES OF CUCURBITS

Overall objective is to develop customer-based pre- and postharvest disease control technologies for economic production and postharvest maintenance of cucurbit crops. Due to consumer concerns of the adverse effects of pesticides on environmental quality and food safety, research will focus on alternative, safe, and efficient disease management programs having regional and national applicability that ensure sustainable and productive farm production systems that preserve soil and water quality.