UPR hosted a field day on April 4, 2017 at the Agricultural Experiment Station in Lajas, Puerto Rico. Attendees included 119 farmers, extension agents, students and agronomists.
CucCAP Project
Contributions to the CucCAP project by the Bioinformatics Team, Cucurbit Crop Breeding Teams, and the Integrated Disease Management Team.
Linda Wessel-Beaver, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez
CucCAP research Scientist, Linda Wessel-Beaver’s program at University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus involves plant breeding and genetics of tropical pumpkin.
Screening Watermelon for disease resistance at NC State
NC State Cucurbit breeding team: Wehner Lab at NC State Quesada vegetable pathology lab at NC State Allie Druffel is screening watermelon for fusarium resistance. Watermelon Diseases Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus: Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus (CGMMV) Downy mildew: Pseudoperonospora cubensis Fusarium wilt Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum (F. oxysporum) Gummy stem blight Didymella […]
PAG XXVI – Plant & Animal Genome Conference
The Largest Ag-Genomics Meeting in the World. Source: PAG XXVI – Plant & Animal Genome Conference The 2018 PAG meeting website is now online and accepting applications for booth space. In conjunction with the 5-day scientific program and poster session, there will be an expo on Sunday, Monday, & Tuesday at the International Plant & […]
Melon Team Updaates
Screening Melon for Disease Resistance The USDA-ARS breeding team located in Salinas, CA is screening specialty melons for disease resistance. Commercial melon production Melon Diseases Downy mildew: Pseudoperonospora cubensis Powdery mildew: Erysiphe cichoracearumw Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) Cucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus (CYSDV)
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, […]
Screening Melon for Disease Resistance
The USDA-ARS breeding team located in Salinas, CA is screening specialty melons for disease resistance.
