Project Director
Cucurbit Crop Breeding & Genomics Team
Principal Investigators
- Zhangjun Fei, zf25@cornell.edu, Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell University – Bioinformatics
- Amnon Levi, Amnon.Levi@ars.usda.gov, USDA-ARS, Charleston, SC – Watermelon
- Michael Mazourek, mm284@cornell.edu, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY – Squash/pumpkin
- Jim McCreight, Jim McCreight, USDA-ARS, Salinas, CA – Melon
- Yiqun Weng, Yiqun.weng@ars.usda.gov, USDA-ARS, University of Wisconsin – Cucumber
Co – Principal Investigators
- Sandra Branham, sebranh@clemson.edu, Clemson University
- Rebecca Grumet, grumet@msu.edu, Michigan State University
- Shaker Kousik, Shaker.Kousik@ars.usda.gov, USDA-ARS, Charleston, SC
- Angela Linares Ramirez, angela.linares@upr.edu, University of Puerto Rico
- Kai-Shu Ling, Kai.Ling@ars.usda.gov, USDA-ARS, Charleston, SC
- Cecilia McGregor, cmcgre1@uga.edu, University of Georgia
- Geoffrey Meru, gmeru@ufl.edu, University of Florida
- Umesh Reddy, ureddy@wvstateu.edu, West Virginia State University
- Pat Wechter, wwechte@clemson.edu, Clemson University
- Bill Wintermantel, Bill.Wintermantel@ars.usda.gov, USDA-ARS, Salinas, CA
- Shan Wu, sw728@cornell.edu, Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell University
Integrated Disease Management Team
- Lina Quesada-Ocampo, lmquesad@ncsu.edu, North Carolina State University – Principal Investigator
- Mary Hausbeck, hausbec1@msu.edu, Michigan State University
- Anthony Keinath, tknth@clemson.edu, Clemson University
- Shaker Kousik, Shaker.Kousik@ars.usda.gov, USDA-ARS, Charleston, SC
- Jonathan Schultheis, jonathan_schultheis@ncsu.edu, North Carolina State University
- Christine Smart, cds14@cornell.edu, Cornell University
- Daniel Tregeagle, tregeagle@ncsu.edu, North Carolina State University
Read more about the team members who participated in the first phase of the CucCAP project, Leveraging Applied Genomics to Increase Disease Resistance in Cucurbit Crops.
