Research
Projects & Grants
Feel free to search our comprehensive database of melon research that goes back to our first projects in the early 1970s, and extends through today.
Each project has been reviewed, funded and presented here by California Melon Growers, and we hope you find this repository of research useful and worthwhile. Thank You.
- 2014 - Enhancement of Forced-Air Cooling to Reduce Listeria Monocytogenes, Salmonella, and/or Total Surface Microbiota on Cantaloupes - CPS PROGRESS REPORT
- 2014 - Melon Tolerance and Weed Control with New Herbicides
- 2014 - Evaluating the Efficacy of the Novel Nematicide "Nimitz" to Prevent Root-Knot Nematode Damage in Melon
- 2014 - New Insecticide Alternatives for Insect Management in Melons
- 2014 - Comparative Evaluation and Breeding of New Sources of Host Plant Resistance to CYSDV and Sweet Potato Whitefly Biotype B, and Continued Efforts to Develop a Field-Based Serological Detection Method for CYSDV
- 2015 - Melon and Weed Response to Herbicides
- 2015 - Effect of Application Method on the Efficacy of the Nematicide Nimitz in Melon
- 2015 - New Insecticide Alternatives for Insect Management in Melons
- 2015 - Evaluation and Breeding of New Sources of Host Plant Resistance to CYSDV and Sweet Potato Whitefly Biotype B
- 2015 - Factors Affecting Cucumber Green Mottle Mosaic Virus Incidence and Control in California Cucurbits
- 2015 - Melon Weed Management in California's Desert Growing Region
- 2019 - Center for Produce Safety (CPS) Summary Posters
- 2019 - Development of Rapid Detection Methods for Evaluation of Germplasm for Resistance and Determination of the California Host Range of Cucurbit Chlorotic Yellows Virus and Squash Vein Yellowing Virus
- 2019 - Management of Spotted and Striped Cucumber Beetle in Melon Production
- 2019 - Characterizing and Assessing Risk of Emerging Fungal and Bacterial Pathogens of Melons (and other cucurbit crops) Across the Nursery-Field Production Continuum
- 2019 - Evaluating Preplant and Post Plant Herbicide Programs for Weed Management in Transplanted LSL Melons, Year 2
- 2019 - Evaluation of Insecticide Alternatives for Whiteflies and CYSDV in Melons
- 2019 - Discovery and Validation of Elicitor Products for Control of Aphid and Whitefly-Transmitted Viruses in Melons
- 2019 - Assembling and Synthesizing Information on Melon Pollinator Health to Develop Best Management Practices
- 2016 - Integrated Weed Management in California's Desert Melons: Evaluation of Split Herbicide Applications and Plastic Mulch for Weed Control and Crop Injury Under Drip and Furrow Irrigation in Melon-Sudangrass Rotations
- 2016 - Characterization and Assessment of the Potential Importance of a 2016 - New Whitefly-Transmitted Virus Infecting Cucurbits in the Imperial Valley of California: Squash Vein Yellowing Virus (SqVYV)
- 2016 - Evaluation and Breeding of New Sources of Host Plant Resistance to Sweet Potato Whitefly Biotype B
- 2016 - Evaluation of Insecticide Alternatives for Whiteflies and CYSDV in Melons
- 2016 - Evaluating the Effect of Adjuvants with Sandea (Halosulfuron) and Clethodim on Pre- and Post Herbicide Applications to Cantaloupes and Honeydews
- 2017 - Survey, Characterization and Biological Properties of a California Isolate of Squash Vein Yellowing Virus (SqVYV)
- 2017 - Evaluation of New Sources of Host Plant Resistance to Sweetpotato Whitefly Biotype B
- 2017 - Evaluation of Insecticide Alternatives for Whiteflies and CYSDV in Melons
- 2017 - Evaluating the Effect of Timing of Sandea (Halosulfuron) and Clethodim Herbicides to Direct Seeded and Transplant Melons
- 2017 - Evaluation of Plant Growth Regulator Application to Concentrate Fruit Set and Reduce the Period of Melon Harvest
- 2017 - Evaluation of RNAi Strategies for Reducing Whitefly Populations on Melon
- 2018 - Survey, Characterization and Biological Properties of a California Isolate of Squash Vein Yellowing Virus (SqVYV) and Associated Cucurbit-Infecting Viruses
- 2018 - Combining a Plant Immune Activator with Newer Insecticides to Disrupt Vector Feeding and Virus Infection
- 2018 - Repeatable, Rapid, and Cost-Effective Screening of Insecticide Performance
- 2018 - Evaluation of Insecticide Alternatives for Whiteflies and CYSDV in Melons
- 2018 - Evaluating Preplant and Post Plant Herbicide Programs for Weed Management in Transplanted LSL Melons
- 2018 - Evaluation of Plant Growth Regulator Application to Concentrate Fruit Set and Reduce the Period of Melon Harvest
- 2018 - Evaluation of RNAi Strategies for Reducing Whitefly Populations on Melon
- 2019 - Monitoring an Outbreak of B. Tabaci Whiteflies in Melons in 2018 and Continued Development of Vector-Independent Screening for Whtefly-Transmitted Viruses Infecting Melons
- 2012 - Fungicide-Resistance and Strategies for Maintenance of Fungicide Efficacy for Control of Powdery Mildew of Melons in California
- 2012 - Melon Tolerance and Weed Control with New Herbicides
- 2012 - Maintaining UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines for Melons and other Cucurbits
- 2012 - Comparative Evaluation and Breeding of New Sources of Host Plant Resistance to CYSDV and Development of Field-Based Serological Detection of CYSDV
- 2012 - Biological Control for Soil Dwelling Insect Pests of Melon Crops
- 2012 - New Insecticide Alternatives for Insect Management in Melons
- 2013 - Comparative Evaluation and Breeding of New Sources of Host Plant Resistance to CYSDV and Sweet Potato Whitefly Biotype B, and Continued Efforts to Develop a Field-Based Serological Detection Method for CYSDV
- 2013 - Biological Control for Soil Dwelling Insect Pests of Melon Crops
- 2013 - New Insecticide Alternatives for Insect Management in Melons
- 2013 - Melon Tolerance and Weed Control with New Herbicides
- 2011 - Fungicide-Resistance and Diversity of Isolates that Cause Powdery Mildew of Melons in California
- 2011 - The Combination of Particle Film Applications and Insecticide-Based Aphid Management for Mosaic Virus Incidence and Potentially-Associated "Brown Blotch" Symptoms Reduction
- 2011 - Melon Tolerance and Weed Control with New Herbicides
- 2011 - Mortality of Blapstinus Beetles Exposed to Fungal Treated Soil
- 2011 - New Insecticide Alternatives for Insect Management in Melons
- 2011 - Evaluating the Efficacy of Novel Nematicides to Prevent Root-Knot Nematode Damage in Melon
- 2011 - Evaluation of a Late-Season Application of the Fungicides Quadris and Cannonball for Management of Vine Decline of Cantaloupe Caused by Monosporascus Cannonballus
- 2011 - Melon Food Safety
- 2011 - Comparative Evaluation of New Resistance Sources and Development of Field-Based Serological Detection of CYSDV
- 2013 - Developing Methods for Virus Incidence Reduction Using Applications of Materials Acting as Repellents or Anti-Feedants to Aphid Vectors
- 2013 - Fungicide-Resistance and an Induced Resistance Strategy to Assist in Maintenance of Fungicide Efficacy for Control of Powdery Mildew of Melons in California
- 2013 - Maintaining UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines for Melons and Other Cucurbits 2013
- 2012 - On-Farm Evaluation of the Prevalence of Human Enteric Bacterial Pathogens During the Production of Melons in California
- 2012 - Investigating the Possibility for Mosaic Virus Incidence Reduction Using Applications of Materials Acting as Repellents or Antifeedants to Aphid Vectors
- 2014 - Green Water Symposium Talk - Gary Sposito
- 2014 Mid-Year Progress Reports