News from the Grumet lab at Michigan State University Breeding activities focus on fruit development and disease resistance in Cucumis (cucumber and melon) crops using a combination of molecular genetic, genomic and transgenic approaches. The CucCAP team is especially interested in early stages of fruit growth and factors influencing fruit size, shape, cuticle and surface […]
CucCAP Cucumber Team
CucCAP Cucumber Team contributions include annual reports of research activities, publications and presentations, and articles about the team’s research efforts and accomplishments.
Breeding Efforts in the Grumet lab at Michigan State University
Breeding activities focus on fruit development and disease resistance in Cucumis (cucumber and melon) crops using a combination of molecular genetic, genomic and transgenic approaches. The CucCAP team is especially interested in early stages of fruit growth and factors influencing fruit size, shape, cuticle and surface properties and resistance to infection by the oomycete pathogen, […]
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
Cucumber production in the eastern and midwestern United States is subject to severe losses due to fruit rot caused by the soilborne oomycete pathogen, Phytophthora capsici. P. capsici preferentially infects cucumber fruits, especially young fruit, while leaves and vines remain healthy. Disease is manifested by extensive mycelial growth, sporulation, fruit rot, and tissue collapse. There are currently no commercial cucumber cultivars with resistance to this disease.
Variation in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) fruit size and shape results from multiple components acting pre-anthesis and post-pollination. – PubMed – NCBI
Planta. 2017 Jun 16. doi: 10.1007/s00425-017-2721-9. [Epub ahead of print] Source: Variation in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) fruit size and shape results from multiple components acting pre-anthesis and post-pollination. – PubMed – NCBI
CucCAP Cucumber Team | 2017 Breeding and Genomics publications
Abstract
Morphological, QTL, and gene expression analyses indicate variation in cucumber fruit size and shape results from orientation, timing, and extent of cell division and expansion, and suggest candidate gene factors.
Variation in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) fruit size and shape results from multiple components acting pre-anthesis and post-pollination. – PubMed – NCBI
Planta. 2017 Jun 16. doi: 10.1007/s00425-017-2721-9. [Epub ahead of print] Source: Variation in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) fruit size and shape results from multiple components acting pre-anthesis and post-pollination. – PubMed – NCBI
