Links of Interest Department of Horticulture Diagnostics Pest Management Events People Dr. Mary Hausbeck, Vegetable Disease management & Extension specialist Dr. Rebecca Grumet, Professor of Horticulture specializing in Molecular genetics of plant development and disease resistance.
CucCAP Project
Contributions to the CucCAP project by the Bioinformatics Team, Cucurbit Crop Breeding Teams, and the Integrated Disease Management Team.
CucCAP team presentations at Glexpo 2016
Pickling Cucumber Sessions Mary Hausbeck and Katie Goldenhar from Michigan State University, Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences presented Downy Mildew Prevention and Control. Phytophthora Sessions Charles S. Krasnow and Mary K. Hausbeck from Michigan State University, Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences presented Phytophthora capsici: Pathogen Biology and Cultural Management.
Extension Foundation Webinar | Cucurbit Downy Mildew
Managing Cucurbit Downy Mildew in Organic Systems in the Northeast by: Christine Smart of the Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology at Cornell University shared on YouTube Continue Reading
CucCAP1 Economics Team
Socioeconomics Team Marco Palma (Team Leader) – Texas A&M University Luis Ribera – Texas A&M University Economic considerations The adoption of agricultural practices and new cultivars highly depends on potential increase in profitability via reduced costs, increased revenue, or both. Representative farms for each selected cucurbit product will be used to collect relevant economic information about costs of […]
Meet the CucCAP1 Project 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 […]
