Breeding, Genetics, & Genomics Publications
- Construction of a genome-anchored, high-density genetic map for melon (Cucumis melo L.) and identification of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melonis race 1 resistance QTL.
by: Branham, S.E., A. Levi, M. Katawczik, Z. Fei, W.P. Wechter. 2018. Theor Appl Genetics 131:829-837. DOI: 10.1007/s00122-017-3039-5 - QTL mapping and marker development for tolerance to sulfur phytotoxicity in melon (Cucumis melo).
Branham, S.E., J. Daley, A. Levi, R. Hassell, W.P. Wechter. 2020.Frontiers in Plant Science. 11:1097. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.01097. - Deciphering genetic factors that determine melon fruit-quality traits using RNA-Seq-based high-resolution QTL and eQTL mapping.
Galpaz, N., I. Gonda, D. Shem-Tov, O. Barad, G. Tzuri, S. Lev, Z. Fei, Y. Xu, N. Lombardi, L. Mao, C. Jiao, R. Harel-Beja, A. Doron-Faigenboim, O. Tzfadia, E. Bar, A. Meir, U. Saar, A. Fait, E. Halperin, M. Kenigswald, E. Fallik, G. Kol, G. Ronen, J. Burger, A. Gur, Y. Tadmor, V. Portnoy, A. Schaffer, E. Lewinsohn, J. Giovannoni, and N. Katzir. 2018.
Plant J. DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13838 - Mapping resistance to Alternaria cucumerina in Cucumis melo.
Daley, J., S. Branham, A. Levi, R. Hassell, and P. Wechter. 2017.
Phytopathology 107:427-432. DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-06-16-0246-R. - Host plant resistance in melon to sweetpotato whitefly in California and Arizona.
McCreight, J.D., W.M. Wintermantel, and E.T. Natwick. 2017.
Acta Hort. 1151:237–244. DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2017.1151.37. - Recessive resistance to Cucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus in melon TGR 1551.
McCreight, J.D., W.M. Wintermantel, E.T. Natwick, J.W. Sinclair, K.M. Crosby, and M.L. Gómez-Guillamón. 2017.
Acta Hort. 1151:101–107. DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2017.1151.17 - Genome-Wide Differentiation of Various Melon Horticultural Groups for Use in GWAS for Fruit Firmness and Construction of a High Resolution Genetic Map.
Nimmakayala, P., Y. Tomason, V.L. Abburi, A. Alvarado, T. Saminathan, V.G. Vajja, G. Salazar, G. Panicker, A. Levi, W.P. Wechter, J.D. McCreight, A. Korol, Y. Ronin, J. Garcia-Mas, and U.K. Reddy. 2016.
Frontiers in Plant Science 22 September 2016. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01437. - Cucurbits powdery mildew race identity and reaction of melon genotypes.
Rabelo, H.d.O., L.d.S. Santos, G.M.M. Diniz, M.V. Marin, L.T. Braz, and J.D. McCreight. 2017.
Pesq. Agropec. Trop., Goiânia 47:440–447. DOI: 10.1590/1983-40632017v4749537 - Cucumis melo endornavirus: Genome organization, host range and co-divergence with the host.
Sabanadzovic, S., R. Valverde, J.D. McCreight, W.M. Wintermantel, and N. Aboughanem-Sabanadzovic. 2016.
Virus Research 214:49–58. DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2016.01.001. - Emergence and epidemiology of Cucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus in the American Desert Southwest, and development of host plant resistance in melon.
Wintermantel, W.M., R.L. Gilbertson, E.T. Natwick, and J.D. McCreight. 2017.
Virus Res. 241:213-219. DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2017.06.004 - First report of Cucurbit chlorotic yellows virus infecting melon in the New World.
Wintermantel, W.M., L.L.J. Hladky, P. Fashing, K. Ando, and J.D. McCreight. 2019.
Plant Disease. 103:778. DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-08-18-1390-PDN - A comprehensive genome variation map of melon identifies multiple domestication events and loci influencing agronomic traits. Nature Genetics 51, pages 1607–1615.
Zhao, G., Q. Lian, Z. Zhang, Q. Fu, Y. He, S. Ma, V. Ruggieri, A.J. Monforte, P. Wang, I. Julca, H. Wang, J. Liu, Y. Xu, R. Wang, J. Ji, Z. Xu, W. Kong, Y. Zhong, J. Shang, L. Pereira, J. Argyris, J. Zhang, C. Mayobre, M. Pujol, E. Oren, D. Ou, J. Wang, D. Sun, S. Zhao, Y. Zhu, N. Li, N. Katzir, A. Gur, C. Dogimont, H. Schaefer, W. Fan, A. Bendahmane, Z. Fei, M. Pitrat, T. Gabaldón, T. Lin, J. Garcia-Mas, Y. Xu, S. Huang. 2019.
DOI: 10.1038/s41588-019-0522-8. DOI: 10.1038/s41588-019-0522-8
Breeding, Genetics, & Genomics Presentations
- Potential for Production of Turkmen Melons in California, Nation Association of Plant Breeders annual meeting, Davis, CA, 7-10 August 7-10 2018
Ando, K. and McCreight, J.D. 2018. - Exploring Genetic Diversity in The U.S. National Melon Collection. CUCURBITACEAE 2018, Davis CA, November 12-15, 2018.
Ando, K., X. Wang, U. Reddy, Z. Fei, and J. McCreight. 2018. - Where in The New Melon Classification Schemes Does Cucumis melo ssp. agrestis var. texanus Belong? Cucurbitaceae 2018, Univ. California, Davis, 12-15 November 2018.
Ando, K., X. Wang, Z. Fei, W. Wintermantel, and J. McCreight. - Exploring Genetic Diversity in The U.S. National Melon Collection. CUCURBITACEAE 2018, Davis CA, November 12-15, 2018.
Ando, K., X. Wang, U. Reddy, Z. Fei, and J. McCreight. 2018. - Phylogenetic analyses confirm the unique status of the wild new world melon, Cucumis melo ssp. agrestis var. texanus, and suggest it be tentatively designated Group Texanus in the recent revision of melon nomenclature, American Society for Horticultural Science 2018 Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., July 30–August 3, 2018.
Ando, K., W.M. Wintermantel, and J.D. McCreight. - Construction of a High-Density Genome- Anchored Genetic Map for Melon (Cucumis melo L.) and Identification of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melonis Race 1 Resistance QTL. (poster) Plant and Animal Genome XXVII Conference. Jan. 12-16, 2018.
Branham, S.E., A. Levi, M. Katawczik, Z. Fei, and W.P. Wechter. - Mapping resistance to Alternaria cucumerina in muskmelon. Plant and Animal Genome Conference XXV , San Diego CA, Jan 14-18, 2017.
Daley, J., S. Branham, A. Levi, R. Hassell, and P. Wechter. - Transcriptome changes occurred in the whitefly, B. tabaci MEAM1 in response to feeding on CYSDV-infected melon, American Phytopathological Society annual meeting, San Antonio, TX, August 5-9, 2017.
Kaur, N., Chen, W., Fei, Z. and Wintermantel, W.M. 2017. - Transcriptome changes occurred in the whitefly, B. tabaci MEAM1 in response to feeding on melon infected with the crinivirus, CYSDV,” 3rd Hemipteran-Plant Interactions Symposium, Madrid. Spain. June 4-8, 2017.
Kaur, N., W. Chen, Z. Fei, and W.M. Wintermantel. - Evaluations of melon germplasm reported to exhibit host plant resistance to sweetpotato whitefly. Entomological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN. Nov. 2015.
McCreight, J.D., W.M. Wintermantel, and E.T. Natwick. - Allelism of resistance to Cucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus in melon accessions PI 313970 and TGR 1551. Annual meeting, Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 22-25 July, Las Vegas, NV. 2019.
McCreight, J.D., W.M. Wintermantel, A.I. Lopez-Sese, and M.L. Gomez-Guillamon. - Expression of Host Plant Resistance in Melon to Sweetpotato Whitefly in the Desert Southwest United States. DOI: 10.1603/ICE.2016.115559, XXV International Congress of Entomology, Orlando, FL, Sep. 2016.
McCreight, J.D., W.M. Wintermantel, and E.T. Natwick. - New Sources of Resistance to CYSDV in Melon, In Cucurbitaceae 2016, XIth EUCARPIA Meeting on Genetics and Breeding of Cucurbitaceae, Kozik EU and Paris HS, eds, Warsaw, Poland, p. 61–65. July 24–28, 2016.
McCreight, J.D., W.M. Wintermantel, and E.T. Natwick. - Cucurbit powdery mildew races on melon: current status in the U.S., American Society for Horticultural Science 2018 Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., July 30–August 3, 2018.
McCreight, J.D., D. Coffey Michael, K. Ando, and S. Kousik Chandrasekar. - Advances in Watermelon Breeding. Southeast Regional Fruit & Vegetable Conference, Savannah, GA, January 8-10, 2016.
McGregor, C.E. - Evaluation of fungicides for management of Fusarium wilt of watermelon. Phytopathology. (Abstract) 2016.
Miller, N.F. and L.M. Quesada-Ocampo. - Evaluation of Potential New Sources of Melon Host Plant Resistance to the Whitefly, Bemisia tabaci, 3rd Hemipteran-Plant Interactions Symposium, Madrid. Spain. June 4-8, 2017.
Natwick, E.T, W.M. Wintermantel, R.L. Gilbertson, S.G. Blanco, and J.D McCreight. - 66-P: GBS-SNP-based linkage mapping and QTL associated with resistance to race 1 Fusarium wilt in Cucumis melo. American Phytopathological Society. 266-P, 2017.
Wechter P, Branham S, Levi A. - Mapping Resistance to Alternaria Cucumerina in Muskmelon, Plant and Animal Genome meeting, San Diego, CA, January 14-18, 2017.
Wechter, P. - Identification of quantitative trait loci associated with resistance to race 1 Fusarium wilt in Cucumis melo, American Phytopathological Society annual meeting, San Antonio, TX, August 5-9, 2017.
Wechter, P. - Epidemiology of Cucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus (CYSDV) and associated whitefly-transmitted viruses in the US Southwest and development of CYSDV resistant melon. Paper presentation at 2nd International Whitefly Symposium, Arusha, Tanzania, February 14-19, 2016.
Wintermantel, W.M., J.D. McCreight, and E.T. Natwick. - Wintermantel, W.M., J.D. McCreight, and E.T. Natwick. Reservoir hosts of Cucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus and development of resistant melon. 13th International Plant Virus Epidemiology Symposium. Avignon, France, June 6-10, 2016.
