Watermelon – Breeding, Genetics, Genomics, Pathology Publications
- Altered chromatin confirmation and transcriptional regulation in watermelon following genome doubling
by: Marleny Garcia-Lozano, Purushothaman Natarajan, Amnon Levi, Ramesh Katam, Carlos Lopez-Ortiz, Padama Nimmakayala, and Umesh K. Reddy
Published: February 2021 in The Plant Journal - Genome-wide association study and population structure analysis of seed-bound amino acids and total protein in watermelon
by: Vijay Joshi, Padma Nimmakayala, Qiushuo Song, Venkata Abburi, Purushothaman Natarajan, Amnon Levi, Kevin Crosby, and Umesh K. Reddy
Published: October 2021 in Plant Biology
- The Transcriptomic Profile of Watermelon Is Affected by Zinc in the Presence of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum and Meloidogyne incognita
by Kasmita Karki, Tim Coolong, Chandrasekar Kousik, Aparna Petkar, Brendon K. Myers, Abolfazl Hajihassani, Mihir Mandal, and Bhabesh Dutta
Published: June 2021 in Pathogens - Broad resistance to post-harvest fruit rot in USVL watermelon germplasm lines to isolates of Phytophthora capsici from across USA
by: Chandrasekar S. Kousik, Jennifer L. Ikerd, W. Patrick Wechter, Sandra Branham, and William Turechek
Published: February 2022 in Plant Disease - A chromosome-level genome of a Kordofan melon illuminates the origin of domesticated watermelons
by: Susanne S. Renner, Shan Wu, Oscar A. Pérez-Escobar, Martina V. Silber, Zhangjun Fei, and Guillaume Chomicki
Published: May 2021 in PNAS - A catalog of natural products occurring in watermelon – Citrullus lanatus
by: Maria Sorokina1, Kira S. McCaffrey, Erin E. Deaton, Guoying Ma, José M. Ordovás, Penelope M. Perkins-Veazie, Christoph Steinbeck, Amnon Levi and Laurence D. Parnell
Published: September 2021 in Nutrition - Haplotype networking of GWAS hits for citrulline content indicates positive selection leading to the domestication of watermelon
by: Vijay Joshi, Suhas Shinde, Padma Nimmakayala, Venkata Lakshmi Abburi, Suresh Babu Alaparthi, Carlos Lopez-Ortiz, Amnon Levi, Girish Panicker, and Umesh K. Reddy
Published: October 2019 in Frontiers in Plant Science
Watermelon – Breeding, Genetics, Genomics, & Pathology Presentations
- QTL mapping and pyramiding resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum (races 1 and 2) and potyviruses in watermelon. Presented by: Sandra Branham, W.P. Wechter, K. Ling, D.N. Katuuramu, and A. Levi at the Eucarpia Cucurbitaceae Symposium Proceedings. 2021
- Understanding the disease resistance mechanism through RNA-Seq analysis of SqVYV-resistant watermelon. Presented by: Chanda, B., J.L. Ikerd, S. Adkins, and C.S. Kousik at the Annual Meeting of the American Phytopathological Society. 2021.
- Genome-wide association analysis of downy mildew resistance in a pre-breeding watermelon (Citrullus amarus) collection. Presented by: Dennis N. Katuuramu, Sandra E. Branham, Amnon Levi, and W. Patrick Wechter at the Eucarpia Cucurbitaceae Symposium Proceedings. 2021.
- Identification of Powdery Mildew Resistant Marker in Watermelon by Metabolomics and Genomics Approach. Presented by: M.K. Mandal, B. Chanda, and C.S. Kousik at the Annual Meeting of the American Phytopathological Society. 2021.
- Bacterial Biocontrols in Sustainable Management of Phytophthora Crown and Fruit Rot in Pepper and Watermelon. Presented by: Mandal M. K., D. Thompson, R. Harris, and C.S. Kousik at the Annual Meeting of the American Phytopathological Society. 2021.
Watermelon Conference & Meeting Presentations
- Watermelon Fungicide Trial Results: Foliar and Fruit Anthracnose and Foliar Gummy Stem Blight 2020. Presented by: Anthony Keinath at the Watermelon Research and Development Group Annual Meeting in February 2021.
- New seedless watermelon cultivars and Fusarium wilt. Presented by: Anthony Keinath at the CREC Field Day in-field presentation in June 2021.
- Managing anthracnose and gummy stem blight on watermelon with fungicides in 2021. Presented by: Anthony Keinath at the A.P. Southwest Indiana Melon Growers virtual meeting in March 2021.
- Progress towards breeding resilient cultivars for Florida. Presented at the Southeast Florida Extension Meeting, virtual meeting by Gregory Meru on April 8, 2021.
- Progress towards breeding resilient cultivars for Florida. Presented at the Extension Field Day for Vegetable Growers in Miami-Dade County by Gregory Meru on February 18, 2021.
- Management of Fusarium wilt and anthracnose in watermelon. Presented by Lina Quesada-Ocampo at the NC Watermelon Convention Virtual meeting in February 2021.
- Cultural and chemical control options for Phytophthora fruit rot of watermelon. Presented by Lina Quesada-Ocampo at the NC Watermelon Convention virtual meeting in February 2021.
- Hollow heart considerations and pollenizer cultivar comparisons. Presented by Jonathan Schultheis at the North Carolina Watermelon Growers Association virtual meeting in January, 2021.
