Vegetables that belong to this group include summer squash, zucchini, winter squash, mirliton, pumpkin, gourd, cucuzza, ...

Recently I attended "Old Stories and New Discoveries," a conference put on by the Aucilla Research Institute about the archaeological findings in North Florida. One presentation in particular piqued ...

Cucurbits are a plant family that includes squash, cucumbers, melons, gourds and pumpkins. The word cucurbit comes from the Latin word for gourd. Most are annual, herbaceous tendrilled vines that grow ...

July and August in the vegetable garden typically bring bountiful harvests of colorful vegetables. These are also the months when insect pests can really make their presence known, with plant and ...

Several of the most popular vegetables grown in the home garden belong to the cucumber family (Cucurbitaceae). Commonly grouped together and called the cucurbits, they include summer squash, zucchini, ...

Gummy stem blight (GSB) represents a significant phytopathological challenge for cucurbit crops globally. This disease, caused by a complex of morphologically similar yet genetically distinct fungal ...

Grow summer and winter squashes to feel prepared, says our gardening expert My friend Birgit once told me that she didn’t feel truly happy unless there was some sort of cucurbit in the house, ...

The plant parasite species Pythium lurks in virtually every agricultural field and commonly causes damping-off, which weakens or kills seeds or seedlings, and root and stem rot, which can kill plants.

Flower development and sex determination in cucurbits represent a finely tuned interplay between hormonal regulation, transcriptional networks and genetic diversity. Ethylene emerges as a pivotal ...