Project reports

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

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 (PDF) covers our findings.

UKY's student Katie Fiske's presentation (PDF) at the 2021 Kentucky Fruit and Vegetable Conference on mesotunnels.

2021 Iowa on-farm trials report, by Dr. Ajay Nair (ISU) (PDF)

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 (PDF)

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

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

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

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.