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
CucCAP Project
Contributions to the CucCAP project by the Bioinformatics Team, Cucurbit Crop Breeding Teams, and the Integrated Disease Management Team.
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 […]
UPR Agricultural Experiment Station Field Day
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.
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 & […]
