Melon

Production

• Cantaloupe Production in California :: UC ANR Publication 7218
• Mixed Melon Production in California :: UC ANR Publication 7209
• Watermelon Production in California :: UC ANR Publication 7213

Production Statistics and Costs

• Califorrnia agricultural production statistics
• Crop profile :: California
• Guidelines to production costs and practices for vegetable crops :: Imperial county 2011
• Production costs and return studies :: scroll down to MIXED VEGETABLES // Intermountain-Sierra Nevada

Home Garden

• California garden web
• Fruit set problems in squash, melons and cucumbers in home gardens :: UC ANR Leaflet 21242
• How to manage pests in gardens and landscapes :: vegetable and melons

Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

• IPM for cucurbits

Postharvest

• Recommendations for maintaining postharvest quality :: cantaloupe
• Recommendations for maintaining postharvest quality :: honeydew
• Recommendations for maintaining postharvest quality :: watermelon

Other

• Applying calcium fertilizers through drip-tape to increase cantaloupe storage quality :: T. Turini. UC Cooperative Extension and M. McGiffen, UC Riverside (2009)
• California Melon Research Board
  • 2011-12 progress reports
  • 2013-14 progress reports
• Comparison of fungicides for control of powdery mildew on muskmelon :: T. Turini and D. Rodriguez, UC Cooperative Extension
  • 2011
  • 2012
• Effects of fumigation on melon vine decline :: Ag Briefs newsletter (Oct. 2010)
• Evaluation of insecticides for whitefly and CYSDV management on melons :: Ag Briefs newsletter (Feb. 2010)
• Evaluation of a systemic fungicide and a surfactant for management of root-infecting fungi (Olpidium bornovanus and Monosporascus cannonballus) in cantaloupe :: Ag Briefs newsletter (Dec. 2010)
• Fungicide efficacy of novel fungicides against Podosphaera xanthii, the powdery mildew pathogen on melons in 2009 :: Ag Briefs newsletter (March 2010)
• Fungicide efficacy trial for control of certain soil diseases in direct-seeded melons :: Ag Briefs newsletter (March 2010)
• Honey bee pollination of cantaloupe, cucumber and watermelon :: UC ANR Publication 7224 (1997)
• Melon research reports in Fresno County
• National Watermelon Promotion Board
• Personal seedless watermelon evaluation in the Central Coast (2005)
• Personal watermelon variety comparison in western Fresno county :: T. Turini and D. Rodriguez, UC Cooperative Extension (2008)
• Powdery mildew control trial in Stanislaus county (2006)
• Powdery mildew (Podosphaera xanthii) on melons :: Ag Briefs newsletter (July 2009)
• Spring honeydew melon whitefly insecticide efficacy trial :: Ag Briefs newsletter (Jan. 2009)
• Unraveling the role of Olpidium in melon vine decline :: Ag Briefs newsletter (Feb. 2010)
• Vegetable resources :: watermelon :: Texas A&M