Meet the seven teams working on the CucCAP project from 2016 until 2020.
CucCAP Project
Contributions to the CucCAP project by the Bioinformatics Team, Cucurbit Crop Breeding Teams, and the Integrated Disease Management Team.
Genome of Disease-Resistant Watermelons Decoded
Are juicier, sweeter, more disease-resistant watermelons on the way? Scientists find clues to more disease-resistant watermelons as they decode the watermelon genome. Read More
Talking Biotech: University of Georgia’s Cecilia McGregor on genetics of watermelon | GLP
The first half of this podcast discusses domestication, breeding and stories of where watermelon came from, and where it is going. University of Georgia research professor Cecilia McGregor shares her knowledge of the origins of this crop, along with facts of how it is used around the world. Find a link to the podcast in this […]
Proceedings of CUCURBITACEAE 2016 | EUCARPIA
PROCEEDINGS OF CUCURBITACEAE 2016 The XIth Eucarpia Meeting on Cucurbit Genetics & Breeding Elżbieta U. Kozik & Harry S. Paris Editors July 24–28, 2016 Warsaw, Poland Wessel-Beaver, L., and J.C. Verle-Rodrigues. Sources of variation in ELISA Tests Used to Quantify ZYMV and PRSV Resistance in Cucurbita moschata. In Cucurbitaceae 2016, XIth EUCARPIA Meeting on Genetics […]
CucCAP Project Objectives
Each objective includes integrated research and extension/outreach [E/O] approaches: Obj. 1. Develop genomic approaches and tools for cucurbit species. Develop genomic and bioinformatic platforms for: genotyping by sequencing (GBS); sequence data processing and analysis; and genotype, phenotype and QTL databases Perform GBS analysis of PI collections and core populations of the four species to provide […]
2016 CucCAP Watermelon Team Annual Report
Watermelon Team members: Amnon Levi (USDA, ARS), Shaker Kousik (USDA, ARS), Kai-shu Ling (USDA, ARS), Cecilia McGregor (Univ. Georgia), Pat Wechter (USDA, ARS), and Todd Wehner (North Carolina St. Univ.) reported on team progress and work plans. Overall objectives: Identifying quantitative trait loci (QTL) associated with resistance to major and emerging diseases, developing useful molecular markers and utilizing […]
2016 CucCAP Genomics and Bioinformatics Team Annual Report
Team members: Zhangjun Fei (Boyce Thompson Institute); Umesh Reddy (West Virginia St. Univ.); Amnon Levi (USDA, ARS); Yiqun Weng (USDA, ARS); Michael Mazourek (Cornell University); Pat Wechter (USDA, ARS); and Rebecca Grumet (Michigan State University) reported on their lab’s progress and plans. Objectives Year 1: Develop common genomic approaches and tools for cucurbits. Work in […]
First Annual CucCAP Team Meeting
The CucCAP research team met in East Lansing, MI on June 1 & 2, 2016. The meeting agenda included an overview of project goals, reports from the seven research teams, commodity team meetings, and views from the cucurbit and seed industries followed by workshops on core collections and germplasm management, planning for representative farms economic analysis, Gene nomenclature, Extension plans and […]
