News from the Grumet lab at Michigan State University
Breeding activities focus on fruit development and disease resistance in Cucumis (cucumber and melon) crops using a combination of molecular genetic, genomic and transgenic approaches. The CucCAP team is especially interested in early stages of fruit growth and factors influencing fruit size, shape, cuticle and surface properties and resistance to infection by the oomycete pathogen, Phytophthora capsici.
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- Grumet Lab inoculating young cucumber fruit to screen for disease resistance to P. capsici. July 12, 2017.
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- Cucumber fruit infected by Phytophthora capsici. Image provided by R. Grumet.
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- Cucumber Breeding team harvesting young cucumber fruit. July 17, 2017.
Breeding cucumbers for Downy Mildew resistance in the Wehner Lab at NC State
Downy mildew is caused by the pathogen Pseudoperonospora cubensis.
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- Cucumber breeding field plots. Photo courtesy of Todd Wehner.
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- Cucurbit Downy Mildew in a cucumber field. Image provided by Chris Smart, Cornell University.
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- Field plots that are resistant or susceptible to downy mildew, with some showing good quality of pickling or slicing type fruit. Photo courtesy of Todd Wehner
