For Michigan to remain the top producer of pickling cucumbers in the U.S., downy mildew must be controlled.
CucCAP Project
Contributions to the CucCAP project by the Bioinformatics Team, Cucurbit Crop Breeding Teams, and the Integrated Disease Management Team.
CucCAP Research Studies are under way for 2017
NC State researchers are conducting their greenhouse and lab research for the 2017 growing season. Look for more information soon as the Watermelon breeding and Pathology teams update us with videos of their work. Two members of the NC State research group that you are hearing more about are Allie Druffel and Luis Rivera-Burgos pictured below. […]
Watermelon Fusarium wilt field experiments | NC State
Plant Pathologists from the NC State Vegetable disease lab evaluate watermelon plants for disease resistance.
Cucurbit Genomics Database | May 2017 News
Source: Cucurbit Genomics Database | Cucurbit Genomics Database New interface and new genome release. The Cucurbit Genomics Database has been redesigned and now has a new interface. Several pre-released cucurbit genome sequences and annotations including Cucurbita maxima, Cucurbita moschata and watermelon cv. Charleston Gray, were added to the database. [May, 2017] New domain name. […]
Puerto Rico 2017 Spring field day
In April 2017, Angela M. Linares Ramirez and Linda Wessel-Beaver held a field day on the Agricultural Experiment Station at Lajas, Peurto Rico with 119 farmers attending. Extension agents, students and agronomists assisted with an update in all research activities including the CucCAP activities. In the pictures Linda Beaver is explaining her current research, the evaluation of […]
Zhangjun Fei, Boyce Thompson Institute At Cornell
Dr. Rebecca Grumet | Department of Horticulture
Source: Dr. Rebecca Grumet | Department of Horticulture Current research in the lab focuses on reproductive (flower and fruit) development in Cucumis (cucumber and melon). We are particularly interested in understanding the role of ethylene production, perception, and signaling in regulation of unisexual flower development using a combination of molecular genetic and transgenic approaches. Our questions regarding fruit development […]
Second Annual CucCAP Team Meeting
The CucCAP Annual meeting was held on March 27 and 28, 2017 at the USDA Vegetable Research Lab in Charleston, S.C. Attendees included the CucCAP co-PDs, an external evaluator team, the industry advisory board, and crop curators. Cucurbit Crop Team Reports Cucumber Team Melon Team Squash Team Watermelon Team CucCAP Team Reports Bioinformatics and Genomics Team Economics […]
