Research supports state watermelon

Research supports state watermelon

STARKVILLE, Miss. – Sources from MSU press release say, on a hot July morning, more than 60 people walked through dusty research fields at Mississippi State University to see for themselves how melon varieties performed in the state’s summer climate. The 2026 Watermelon Field Day was hosted by the MSU Extension Service outside at the R.R. Foil Plant Science Research Center and indoors at MSU’s A.B. McKay Food Research and Enology Lab. Growers jo…