Hosts

• Dr. Geoffrey Meru University of Florida, Assistant Professor — Vegetable Breeding, Genetics and Genomics
• Dr. Cecelia McGregor, University of Georgia, Associate Professor — Cucurbit Breeding, Genetics and Genomics

Research Presentations

Members of the CucCAP team are authors on 33 presentations in the Cucurbitaceae 2022 Abstract Book.

• QTL Mapping of Young Fruit Resistance to Phytophthora capsici in Cucumber.
  by Lin Y.C., Grumet R.
• Isolation and Characterization of Lipid Droplets in Cucumber Fruit.
  by Rett-Cadman S, Hammar S, and Grumet R.
• Downy mildew disease management of cucumber and squash in North Carolina.
  by Rosado-Rivera Y. I., Adams M. L., D’Arcangelo K. N. and Quesada-Ocampo L. M.
• The Gy14v2.0 pickling cucumber genome.
  by Weng, Y.
• The US processing cucumber genome assembly Gy14v2.0.
  by Weng Y, Xu XW, Dymerski R, Wang YH, Copetti D, Luo MC, Fei ZJ, Sun HH, Qu SJ, Jiang N, Bostan H, Iorizzo M.
•  Identification and characterization of genetic resistance in cucumber and watermelon to Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus.
  by Zia, B., Yiqun Weng, Y., Chen, F., Levi, A., Matthew A. Cutulle, M.A., and Ling, K.-S.
• Advancement of CYSDV-resistant melon lines using marker-assisted selection.
  by Mondal, S., Ando, K., Tamang, P., Fashing, P., Chen, C., Wintermantel, W.M., and McCreight, J.D.
• Advancement of CYSDV-resistant melon using marker-assisted selection.
  by Alzohairy, S.A., Moore, B.M., Hammerschmidt, R., Shiu, S., and Hausbeck, M.K.
• Lignin biosynthesis gene expression is associated with age-related resistance of winter squash to Phytophthora capsici.
  by Shaonpius Mondal, K. Ando, P. Tamang, P. Fashing, W.M. Wintermantel, and J.D. McCreight.
• Biofungicides for organic management of powdery mildew in winter squash. Poster.
  by Indermaur, E. J., Day, C. T. C., and Smart, C. D.
  
• Screening for powdery mildew resistance in Cucurbita moschata in Lajas, Puerto Rico. Proceedings
  by Landrón A, Linares AM.
• Genome wide association study of C. pepo evaluated for whiteflies and their transmitted viruses.
  by Luckew, A., Bag, S., Srinivasan, R., Dutta, B., Da Silva, A.L.B.R., Meru, G., and C.E. McGregor.
• RNA‐SEQ reveals potential defense mechanisms against Phytophthora capsici in squash.
  by Meru, G., Michael, N., Acharya, S., Fu, Y., Shrestha, S. and Sabharwal, P.
• Commercial hard squash cultivars exhibit differences in resistance to Phytophthora fruit and crown rot.
  by Perla, D.E, Hayden, Z.D., and Hausbeck, M. K.
• XP-GWAS and marker development for resistance to powdery mildew race 2W in watermelon (Citrullus lanatus).
  by Branham, S.E., Ganaparthi V, Kousik S, Wechter WP, Park YH, Wehner T, Davis A, Tetteh A, Hammar S, Grumet R, Levi A. 2022.
  
• A super-pangenome of cultivated and wild watermelon species.
  by Fei, Z.
• Mapping and Validation of QTLs Imparting Fon Race 2 Resistance in Watermelon.
  by Ganaparthi, V., Branham S., Levi, A., Robinson, S., Katawczik, M., Wechter, P.
• Identifying and Confirming Resistance to Whitefly-Transmitted Cucurbit Leaf Crumple Virus in Watermelon Using Infectious Clones. Keynote talk.
  by Kousik, C.S., Chanda, B., Mandal, M., Ikerd, J., Sudarshana, M., Turechek, W.W., Adkin, S.
• Incidence and yield response of seedless watermelon cultivars affected with Fusarium wilt.
  by Michel S., Schultheis J., Keinath A., and Quesada-Ocampo L. M.
  
• Whole-Genome Scanning Using QTL-Seq and GWAS for Gummy StemBlight Resistance in Watermelon.
  by Natarajan P, Nimmakayala P, Abburi V, Lopez-Ortiz C, Levi A, Wehner T, Reddy UK.
• Whole-genome scanning using QTL-Seq and GWAS for gummy stem blight resistance in watermelon.
  by Purushothaman Natarajan, Padma Nimmakayala, Carlos Lopez-Ortiz, Akilan Rathnagiri, Luis A. Rivera-Burgos, Nebahat Sari, Todd C. Wehner, Amnon Levi, Yan Tomason, Umesh K. Reddy.
• Marker-Assisted Breeding for Gummy Stem Blight Resistance in Watermelon.
  by Rijal, S. And C.E. McGregor.
  
• A new working group to address emerging viruses in cucurbits.
  by Melanson, R.A. and Wintermantel, W.M.
  
• Methods for detection and quantification of four whitefly-transmitted viruses of cucurbit crops during mixed infections.
  by Mondal, S., Jenkins Hladky, L., and Wintermantel, W.M.
  
• Phytophthora capsici populations structure by host, geography, and fluopicolide sensitivity.
  by Parada-Rojas C. H. and Quesada-Ocampo L. M.
• Monitoring populations and fungicide resistance in Pseudoperonospora cubensis using biosurveillance and molecular markers.
  by Prieto-Torres, M. and Quesada-Ocampo L. M.
• Downy mildew disease management of cucumber and squash in North Carolina.
  by Rosado-Rivera Y. I., Adams M. L., D’Arcangelo K. N. and Quesada-Ocampo L. M.
• Seasonal prevalence and spread of whitefly-transmitted viruses in western United states melon production regions.
  by Wintermantel, W.M. and Mondal, S.