Zhangjun Fei is a Associate Professor at Boyce Thompson Institute. View this YouTube video about Watermelon Genomics, produced for the Plant Biology Section seminar series on March 18, 2016. View more seminar videos from Cornell SIPS.
CucCAP Project
Contributions to the CucCAP project by the Bioinformatics Team, Cucurbit Crop Breeding Teams, and the Integrated Disease Management Team.
PDMR 10 – Plant Disese Management Reports for Cucurbits
PDMR, Volume 10, 2016.
Results of 2014 and 2015 field trials, Published in 2016.
Plant Disease Management reports for cucumber, squash, and watermelon.
$6.5 million grant may lead to disease-resistant cucurbits | EurekAlert! Science News
A collaboration between horticulturists and bioinformaticists has received a $6.5 million USDA grant to identify genetic regions useful for breeding disease-resistant melons, squash and pumpkins. BTI researcher Zhangjun Fei will lead the bioinformatics portion of the project. Source: $6.5 million grant may lead to disease-resistant cucurbits | EurekAlert! Science News
MSU to lead $6.5 million research on disease resistance in cucurbits | MSU
A national team of 20 scientists led by MSU Horticulture Professor Rebecca Grumet has been awarded $6.5 million grant to accelerate the development of disease-resistant cucurbit crops through leveraging applied genomics. Read More
Project : USDA ARS
The Cucurbitaceae family includes many high-value, flavorful, and nutritious crops consumed as vegetables and fruits in the American diet. U.S. production of watermelons, melons, cucumbers, squash, and pumpkins contributed an average of $1.65 billion farm gate value per year during the previous five years (2009-2013; USDA-NASS). The objective of this proposed project is to develop […]
Specialty Crop Block Grant Program
ACCESSION NO: 1007605 [Full Record] PROJ NO: MICL05092 AGENCY: NIFA MICL PROJ TYPE: OTHER GRANTS PROJ STATUS: NEW CONTRACT/GRANT/AGREEMENT NO: 2015-51181-24285 PROPOSAL NO: 2015-09260 START: 01 SEP 2015 TERM: 31 AUG 2019 FY: 2015 GRANT AMT: $6,515,655 GRANT YR: 2015 AWARD TOTAL: $6,515,655 INITIAL AWARD YEAR: 2015 INVESTIGATOR: Grumet, R. Source: CUCCAP: LEVERAGING APPLIED GENOMICS TO INCREASE DISEASE RESISTANCE IN CUCURBIT CROPS
