View the Squash Team update in pages 37 – 40 of the pdf version of this report.
Melon Team members:
Jim McCreight (USDA, ARS)
Shaker Kousik (USDA, ARS)
Pat Wechter (USDA, ARS)
Bill Wintermantel (USDA, ARS)
CucCAP Melon Team
Melon Team contributions to the CucCAP grant include captioned images of research activities, publications available online, and articles about the team’s research efforts and accomplishments.
Melon Team | 2023 Progress Report
CucCAP scientists use multiplex system to monitor virus threats to melon crops in California and Arizona
The Wintermantel team developed a multiplex single-step RT-PCR method to simultaneously test and differentiate among the among different viruses. Sampling of melon production regions in California and Arizona found that different combinations of viruses were dominant in fall vs. spring seasons, providing important information for disease management in areas impacted by cucurbit yellowing viruses.
CucCAP Melon Team | Research Publications
The CucCAP Melon breeding, genomics, and pathology group published 11 journal articles and book chapters between September 2020 and April 2023.
Emerging Viruses in Cucurbits Working Group
The Emerging Viruses in Cucurbits Working Group (EVCWG) is charged with improving communication and virus knowledge across the cucurbit industry as well as developing strategies to successfully identify and mitigate virus threats to cucurbit production in the United States.
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Reports #44 & 45
Melon Team | 2021 Progress Report
Jim McCreight leads the Melon team. Their objectives are to Map and develop markers for disease resistance in Melon and introgress, pyramid/stack resistances into advanced breeding lines.
