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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.

Meet the CucCAP Melon Team

April 30, 2021May 25, 2023 cuccap CucCAP Melon Team

The CucCAP melon team is breeding melons for disease resistance to Powdery mildew, Fusarium wilt, and Cucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus.

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CucCAP scientists uncover QTL associated with sulfur tolerance in melon, facilitating disease control options

August 7, 2020March 22, 2022 cuccap CucCAP Melon Team, Featured Articles

CucCAP researchers identified a major QTL associated with sulfur tolerance in a melon mapping population. Genetic markers were developed for the major QTL and can be used to incorporate sulfur tolerance in melon breeding programs.

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Melon Team | 2020 CucCAP Progress Report

July 14, 2020August 7, 2024 cuccap CucCAP Melon Team

View all tables and figures in pages 25-40 of the pdf version of this report

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CucCAP #1 Melon Publications

March 17, 2020May 30, 2023 cuccap CucCAP Melon Team

Breeding, genetics, & genomics publications and presentations from the CucCAP1 melon project.

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The CucCAP Melon Team | 2019

December 16, 2019August 4, 2024 cuccap CucCAP Melon Team

Crop Improvement and Protection Research: Salinas, CA Part of the mission of the Crop Improvement and Protection Research Unit is to determine basic biology of viral, fungal and bacterial diseases affecting melon and improve germplasm of this crop. CucCAP researcher, Jim McCreight heads this group at USDA-ARS and Bill Wintermantel is a part of this group.

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CucCAP #1 Melon Team

October 6, 2019August 23, 2024 cuccap CucCAP Melon Team

Melon (Cucumis melo L.) is a highly polymorphic cucurbit prized around the world for its sweet, juicy fruit that are consumed fresh. Melon fruits are harvested immature in many areas for use as a fresh or cooked vegetable. Melon fruit are commonly dried in the Central Asian countries of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Fruit may also be […]

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Melon Breeding Team Publications | 2016 – 2019

September 29, 2019July 10, 2024 cuccap CucCAP Melon Team

CucCAP#1 Breeding, Genetics, & Genomics Publications and Presentations

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Melon Team | 2019 CucCAP Progress Report

May 16, 2019March 22, 2022 cuccap CucCAP Melon Team

Melon Team members Jim McCreight (USDA, ARS), Shaker Kousik (USDA, ARS), Michael Mazourek (Cornell Univ.), Pat Wechter (USDA, ARS), and Bill Wintermantel (USDA, ARS) reported their accomplishments in the CucCAP1 project.

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CucCAP scientists use cucumber core collection to map fruit quality traits

The CucCAP core collection, comprised of 388 accessions representing >96% of the genetic diversity for cucumber present in the U.S. National Plant Germplasm System, harbors important sources of disease resistance. As sources of resistance are often present in germplasm with poor fruit quality, scientists from Michigan State University characterized the collection for fifteen fruit quality traits. Genetic associations (QTL) for each trait were identified from genome-wide association studies (GWAS). Many of the genetic locations were in close vicinity to previously identified fruit trait QTL and candidate genes; several novel loci and genes potentially important for these traits were also identified.

For further reading:

Lin YC, Weng Y, Fei Z, Grumet R. 2025. Mining the cucumber core collection: phenotypic and genetic characterization of morphological diversity for fruit quality characteristics. Horticulture Research 12:uhae340.

 

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The Cucurbit Coordinated Agricultural Project (CucCAP) is a USDA-National Institute of Food and Agriculture Specialty Crop Research Initiative grant under award number
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Boyce Thompson Institute; Cornell University; Michigan State University; North Carolina State University; Clemson University; University of Puerto Rico; University of Wisconsin; University of Florida; University of Georgia; West Virginia State University; U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service

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