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)
CucCAP Project
Contributions to the CucCAP project by the Bioinformatics Team, Cucurbit Crop Breeding Teams, and the Integrated Disease Management Team.
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.
CucCAP: Screening Cucumber for Disease Resistance
Powdery Mildew – Melon Powdery Mildew Database at UC Riverside
Cucurbit powdery mildew is a chronic and major disease problem of cantaloupe and honeydew production worldwide. Early infection can kill plants or drastically reduce fruit yield; late infection reduces fruit quality. The cucurbit powdery mildew responsible for powdery mildew disease in the USA is Podosphaera xanthii. Two races of P. xanthii were known in California until 2003 when a […]
Pudrición Gomosa del tallo en Cucurbitáceas | NC State Extension Publications
CucCAP published a Spanish version of the Gummy Stem Blight Fact Sheet. This is the sixth factsheet that our plant pathologists have translated. Look for more Spanish factsheets in the coming months.
Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) Breeding Line with Young Fruit Resistance to Infection by Phytophthora capsici
HortScience June 2017 vol. 52 no. 6 922-924 Source: Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) Breeding Line with Young Fruit Resistance to Infection by Phytophthora capsici
Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) Breeding Line with Young Fruit Resistance to Infection by Phytophthora capsici
Cucumber production in the eastern and midwestern United States is subject to severe losses due to fruit rot caused by the soilborne oomycete pathogen, Phytophthora capsici. P. capsici preferentially infects cucumber fruits, especially young fruit, while leaves and vines remain healthy. Disease is manifested by extensive mycelial growth, sporulation, fruit rot, and tissue collapse. There are currently no commercial cucumber cultivars with resistance to this disease.
