Final evaluation report of the OREI's funded project " Resilient Systems for Sustainable Management of
Cucurbit Crops" (NIFA award No. 2019-51300-30248). Lind to PDF here.

During 2021, on-farm cooperators were interviewed to gather their impressions of the use of mesotunnels in cucurbit crops. The technical report of the 2021 cooperators interviews covers our findings: download here.

UKY's student Katie Fiske's presentation at the 2021 Kentucky Fruit and Vegetable Conference on mesotunnels:

You can download the presentation in PDF format here.

Here you can find the 2021 Iowa on-farm trials report, by Dr. Ajay Nair (ISU) - PDF file.

Dr. Mark Gleason's presentation on Great Plains Growers Conference, 2021 (PDF).

The OREI Cucurbit Crops Project Year 1 Whole Team and Advisory Panel/Cooperative Grower Surveys - 2020 TECHNICAL REPORT (PDF)

Summary of the 2020 field trial results - by Dr. Mark Gleason.

Summary of the on-farm trials from Iowa (2020): "Effect of Protek net on cucurbit crop growth and microclimate management" - by Dr. Ajay Nair.

Technical report: "Cucurbit growers' perceptions of mesotunnel production systems" (2020) - by Dr. Lois Morton, Nieyan Cheng, and Kaitlin Diggins.

Highlights of season 2020: an extract from the Oct-6th virtual meeting (preliminary results and open discussion with Advisory Panel) (PDF).

The Project: Resilient systems for Sustainable Management of Cucurbit Crops 

A brief look at the research project's primary goals and objectives.