CUCURBITACEAE 2018 12 – 16 November 2018 • University of California Davis, USA REGISTER NOW SUBMIT ABSTRACT Talk Abstracts due 1 July 2018 • Poster Abstracts due 1 October 2018 Conference registration is required prior to abstract submission Bringing together cucurbit scientists from around the world for an in-depth conference exploring new frontiers of cucurbit […]
CucCAP Team
News items about the CucCAP project research team.
February CucCAP team Presentations
CucCap team members presented research results at the Southern Region ASHS meeting in Jacksonville, Florida on February 2 – 4. Jonathan Schultheis, leader of the CucCAP extension team and members of the NC State vegetable research group, Elizabeth Indermaur and Keith Starke, presented Galia Specialty Melon Evaluations and Opportunities. Cecilia McGregor, a member of the CucCAP watermelon team […]
2017 CucCAP Publications and Presentations
In 2017, CucCAP researchers published peer reviewed journal articles, book chapters, popular articles, fact sheets, and research abstracts. They also presented their research at scientific and commodity meetings. These resources are reported annually by Rebecca Grumet, the project director, to the USDA Research, Education, & Economics Information System. Recent updates of CucCAP resources can be found […]
Two new Spanish Fact Sheets now available on the CucCAP website
Dr. Angela Linares-Ramírez and her graduate student, Magdiel Miranda translated the final two cucurbit disease fact sheets authored by Dr. Mary K. Hausbeck, Monitoring and Managing Cucurbit Downy Mildew for Commercial Growers and Management of Cucurbit Downy Mildew for Home Gardeners. The new factsheets, Manejo del añublo lanoso de la cucurbitáceas para los agricultores and Monitoreo y manejo del añublo lanoso de las cucurbitáceas, […]
Fei Lab Presents Poster at PAG XXVI
Cucurbita Genome Sequences Provide Insights into Polyploid … Jan 23, 2018 – Cucurbita Genome. Sequences Provide. Insights into Polyploid. Genome Evolution and Heterosis in. Interspecific Hybrid. Outline. Introduction. – The origins and domestication of C. maxima and C. moschata. – The uses of C. maxima …. and C. moschata correlated with heterosis in important agronomic traits.
CucCAP Melon Team News and Events
The USDA-ARS Crop Improvement and Protection Research group stationed in Salinas, CA reported recent presentations to growers and industry. On Thursday December 7, 2017, Dr. Jim McCreight presented “Melon powdery mildew race variation in California” at the Imperial County 28th Annual Fall Desert Crops Workshop hosted by Cooperative Extension and the University of California. On Thursday, January […]
CucCAP presentations at January Events
CucCAP Extension presentation at the Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association of Delaware annual meeting – January 8 – 11, 2018 Dr. Jonathan Schultheis will present: “Melon Varieties; Orange Flesh and Various Specialty Melon Opportunities at the on Tuesday January 9, 2018 in the Fresh market session. Dr. Jonathan Schultheis will present: “Parthenocarpic Pickling Cucumber; Plant Population […]
New Spanish Fact Sheets on the CucCAP website
In early December after months without internet and electricity due to Hurricanes Irma and Maria, Dr. Angela M. Linares Ramírez finally got internet service restored in her Peurto Rico office. Although the CucCAP team in Peurto Rico was still waiting for electricity to be restored, they managed to send translations of three Spanish factsheets to be […]
