The PI reports project progress on the CucCAP grant to the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture annually. Accession No. 1007605 Grant No. 2015-51181-24285 Project No. MICL05092 Proposal No. 2015-09260 Program CodeSCRI Project Start Date Sep 1, 2015 Project End Date Aug 31, 2019
CucCAP Project
Contributions to the CucCAP project by the Bioinformatics Team, Cucurbit Crop Breeding Teams, and the Integrated Disease Management Team.
CucCAP Bioinformatics team | comparative genomic analysis identifies relationships between bottle gourd and other cucurbits
Bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) is an important vegetable crop as well as a rootstock for other cucurbit crops.
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.
Agricultural Research Service presents watermelon disease resistance research to the US Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture, Dr. Sonny Perdu visited the USDA, ARS, U.S. Vegetable Laboratory in Charleston, SC on August 21st, 2017 and received explanations of watermelon projects funded by CucCAP.
Ag Secretary Digs in on Agency Research at the US Vegetable Lab | RFD-TV
Shaker Kousik shared information about research being conducted on watermelon at the U.S. Vegetable Laboratory (USVL) and details of Dr. Sonny Purdue’s visit to USVL with Sarah Mock, Washington D.C. Bureau Chief for RFD-TV on August, 21, 2017. The interview was aired by RFD-TV and is published on YouTube. View the Video
Ag Secretary Perdue visits the USDA-ARS Vegetable research Laboratory in Charleston, SC
The Secretary of Agriculture doesn’t just advocate for agricultural research, he strives to understand the advances being made. Sarah Mock from the local television station, RFD-TV, traveled with him to the Vegetable Lab in Charleston, South Carolina to learn more. Watch the video of the Agriculture secretaries’ visit.
The CucCAP cucumber team evaluated breeding lines in August
The cucumber research plots are located at the University of Wisconsin Hancock Agricultural Research Station in Hancock, WI.
Cucumber Team Updates
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 […]
