XIIth Eucarpia Meeting on Cucurbit Genetics and Breeding

Name: XIIth Eucarpia Meeting on Cucurbit Genetics and Breeding
Start: 2021-05-24T04:00:00+00:00
End: 2021-05-29T03:59:59+00:00

May 24, 2021 - May 28, 2021

CucCAP scientist Rebecca Grumet will present, “Application of genomic tools for mapping and analysis of valuable traits in cucurbit” at the XIIth Eucarpia Meeting on Cucurbit Genetics and Breeding.
CucCAP watermelon breeder Amnon Levi from USDA-ARS, will present, “QTL mapping and pyramiding resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum (races 1 and 2) and potyviruses in watermelon“.
CucCAP watermelon breeder Todd Wehner from NC State University will present, “Germplasm release of gummy stem blight resistant lines from a watermelon × citron population“.
CucCAP cucurbit breeder Emily Silverman from NC State University will present, “Downy Mildew Resistance and Fruit Quality in a Cucumber Recombinant Inbred Line Population derived from Coolgreen x PI 197088“.
CucCAP melon breeder Jim McCreight from the USDA-ARS will present, “CMV-resistant melons for the western United States“.
CucCAP melon breeder Sandra Branham from USDA-ARS and Clemson University will present “Development of multi-disease resistant melon (Cucumis melo) cultivars through marker assisted selection“.

May 20^th2021: Deadline for online registration.

May 24-28^th 2021: Celebration of the virtual congress.

Start:: May 24, 2021
End:: May 28, 2021
Event Category:: Scientific Conference
Event Tags:: Branham Lab @ Clemson University, Cucurbit Breeding, Grumet Lab @ MSU, Levi Lab @ USDA-ARS, McCreight Lab @ USDA-ARS, Wehner Lab @ NC State