Germplasm collections (a.k.a. gene banks) are a crucial resource to conserve natural genetic diversity and provide a source of novel traits for crop improvement such as disease and pest resistance, increased yield, and improved fruit quality. Optimal collection, preservation and utilization of these resources depends upon knowledge of the genetic variation present within the collection. […]
CucCAP publications
Links to publications available online that have been published by the CucCAP team for the CucCAP grant.
2017 CucCAP Research Publications
In 2017, CucCAP researchers published 23 peer reviewed journal articles, 13 book chapters, 25 conference papers, and 14 plant disease management reports. These resources are reported annually by Rebecca Grumet, the CucCAP project director, to the USDA Research, Education, & Economics Information System. Peer reviewed journal articles Dhillon, N.P.S., S. Phethin, S. Sanguansil, and J.D. […]
Manejo de Phytophthora en calabaza de invierno y en calabaza
Angela M. Linares Ramirez from the University of Puerto Rico translated a fact sheet into Spanish for the CucCAP website. Manejo de Phytophthora en calabaza de invierno y en calabaza is the seventh Spanish factsheet available on the CucCAP website. The English version of this factsheet, Managing Phytophthora on Winter Squash and Pumpkin, by Mary Hausbeck was published at Michigan […]
The bottle gourd genome provides insights into Cucurbitaceae evolution and facilitates mapping of a Papaya ringspot virus resistance locus
The Plant Journal – Wiley Online Library Bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) is an important vegetable crop as well as a rootstock for other cucurbit crops. Source: The bottle gourd genome provides insights into Cucurbitaceae evolution and facilitates mapping of a Papaya ringspot virus resistance locus – Wu – 2017 – The Plant Journal – Wiley […]
Karyotype Stability and Unbiased Fractionation in the Paleo-Allotetraploid Cucurbita Genomes: Molecular Plant
Analyses of high-quality genome sequences of Cucurbita maxima and C. moschata revealan ancient allotetraploidy event in Cucurbita. The two subgenomes of paleo-allotetraploidCucurbita show limited interchromosomal rearrangements, and display no genome dominanceand biased fractionation. Allele-specific expression analysis in the hybrid of C.maxima × C. moschata detects transgressive expression correlated with heterosis inimportant agronomic traits. Source: Karyotype […]
Genetics and Genomics of Cucurbitaceae
This book provides an overview of the current state of knowledge of the genetics and genomics of the agriculturally important Cucurbitaceae plant family, which includes crops such as watermelon, melon, cucumber, summer and winter squashes, pumpkins, and gourds. Recent years have resulted in tremendous increases in our knowledge of these species due to large scale […]
Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) Breeding Line with Young Fruit Resistance to Infection by Phytophthora capsici
HortScience June 2017 vol. 52 no. 6 922-924 Source: Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) Breeding Line with Young Fruit Resistance to Infection by Phytophthora capsici
Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) Breeding Line with Young Fruit Resistance to Infection by Phytophthora capsici
Source: Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) Breeding Line with Young Fruit Resistance to Infection by Phytophthora capsici
