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CucCAP Squash Team

CucCAP Squash Team contributions include annual reports of research activities, publications, presentations, and articles about the team’s research efforts and accomplishments.

Squash Team | 2020 CucCAP Progress Report

July 13, 2020September 22, 2021 cuccap CucCAP Squash Team

Final Progress Report for the CucCAP#1 Squash Team: Michael Mazourek (Cornell University), Linda Wessel-Beaver (University of Puerto Rico), Angela Linares (University of Puerto Rico), and Chris Smart (Cornell University).

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CucCAP #1 Squash Publications and Presentations

March 13, 2020March 22, 2021 cuccap CucCAP Squash Team

A final list of Publications and Presentations from the CucCAP#1 Squash Team.

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Squash Team | 2019 CucCAP Progress Report

May 16, 2019March 22, 2021 cuccap CucCAP Squash Team

Team members Michael Mazourek (Cornell University), Linda Wessel-Beaver (University of Puerto Rico), Angela Linares (University of Puerto Rico), and Chris Smart (Cornell University) reported on progress made on the CucCAP grant in the previous year.

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Organic Plant Breeding Yields Superior Varieties for Cucurbit Growers | NC State Extension & CFSA

April 5, 2019March 22, 2021 cuccap CucCAP Squash Team

Farmers looking for disease-resistant cucurbits now have more choices thanks to the release of new cucumber and melon varieties by Cornell University.

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Michael Mazourek’s New Seed Company is Helping Bring the Flavor Back to Cucurbits | Seed World Daily

November 14, 2018October 13, 2021 cuccap CucCAP Squash Team

Cornell University vegetable breeder Michael Mazourek discusses his work on the Cucurbit Coordinated Agricultural Project, breeding vegetables for flavor, his new seed company, and his partnership with chef Dan Barber.

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2018 CucCAP Squash Team Annual Report

April 15, 2018March 22, 2021 cuccap CucCAP Squash Team

CucCAP squash team members: Michael Mazourek, (team leader), Linda Wessel-Beaver, Angela Linares, and Chris Smart report their progress in the previous year.

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Breeding Cucurbita moschata varieties for resistance to downy mildew

January 3, 2018January 3, 2024 cuccap CucCAP Squash Team

During the 2016 growing season Common Wealth Seed Growers conducted winter squash research that included a variety trial of 23 seedstocks; three selection projects (‘Seminole Pumpkin,’ ‘Chinese Tropical Pumpkin’ and ‘Cuban Neck Pumpkin’); and a breeding trial with F5 seeds from a cross of ‘Seminole Pumpkin’ and ‘Waltham Butternut.’

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Manejo de Phytophthora en calabaza de invierno y en calabaza

October 27, 2017August 8, 2024 cuccap CucCAP Disease Management Team, CucCAP Squash Team, CucCAP Team Crop and Disease Management Resources

Managing Phytophthora on Winter Squash and Pumpkin, the English version of this factsheet, is available on the Hausbeck Lab website.

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CucCAP scientists use cucumber core collection to map fruit quality traits

The CucCAP core collection, comprised of 388 accessions representing >96% of the genetic diversity for cucumber present in the U.S. National Plant Germplasm System, harbors important sources of disease resistance. As sources of resistance are often present in germplasm with poor fruit quality, scientists from Michigan State University characterized the collection for fifteen fruit quality traits. Genetic associations (QTL) for each trait were identified from genome-wide association studies (GWAS). Many of the genetic locations were in close vicinity to previously identified fruit trait QTL and candidate genes; several novel loci and genes potentially important for these traits were also identified.

For further reading:

Lin YC, Weng Y, Fei Z, Grumet R. 2025. Mining the cucumber core collection: phenotypic and genetic characterization of morphological diversity for fruit quality characteristics. Horticulture Research 12:uhae340.

 

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The Cucurbit Coordinated Agricultural Project (CucCAP) is a USDA-National Institute of Food and Agriculture Specialty Crop Research Initiative grant under award number
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Boyce Thompson Institute; Cornell University; Michigan State University; North Carolina State University; Clemson University; University of Puerto Rico; University of Wisconsin; University of Florida; University of Georgia; West Virginia State University; U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service

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