The CucCAP melon team is breeding melons for disease resistance to Powdery mildew, Fusarium wilt, and Cucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus.
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.
CucCAP scientists uncover QTL associated with sulfur tolerance in melon, facilitating disease control options
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.
Melon Team | 2020 CucCAP Progress Report
CucCAP #1 Melon Publications
The CucCAP Melon Team | 2019
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.
CucCAP #1 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 […]
Melon Breeding Team Publications | 2016 – 2019
Melon Team | 2019 CucCAP Progress Report
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.
