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Pumpkin Breeding in the American Tropics, Linda Wessel-Beaver, Department of Agroenvironmental Sciences, College of Agricultural Sciences, University of Puerto Rico – Mayaguez

Linda Wessel Beaver, a member of the first CucCAP grant squash team, is a University of Puerto Rico professor emeritus, squash breeder, and authority on germplasm of tropical squash. She joins a panel discussion for the Culinary Breeding Network’s Winter Squash Week and shares some details about breeding tropical squash for virus resistance in the CucCAP project.

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