Presentations by the CucCAP team include:

Galia specialty melon opportunities and evaluations. Elizabeth Indermaur, Jonathan Schultheis, and Keith Starke., Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.

Fine mapping of egusi trait locus (eg) in watermelon using SNP markers. Lucky Paudel, Josh Clevenger, and Cecilia McGregor, Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics & Genomics & Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics & Genomics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.

The effects of grafting on disease incidence of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp niveum races 1 and 2 in watermelon. Josh Yeargin, Richard L. Hassell,and Pat Wechter, Clemson University CREC , USDA-ARS Vegetable Center, Charleston, SC.

Discovery and Validation of Candidate Gene Allelic Variation Associated with Fruit Shape in Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus). Reeve Legendre and Cecilia McGregor, Department of Horticulture,University of Georgia, Athens, GA.

Hollow heart formation in grafted and nongrafted watermelon. Marlee A. Trandel, PenelopePerkins-Veazie, Jonathan Schultheis, Chris Gunter,and Eva Johannes. North Carolina State University.

Validation of a Stable Major-Effect FloweringTime Quantitative Trait Locus in Watermelon. Winnie Gimode, Josh Clevenger and Cecilia McGregor, Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics & Genomics, & Center for applied Genetic Technologies (CAGT), University of Georgia.

Butternut squash in the south: postharvest quality after curing. Perkins-Veazie, P.,T. Birdsell, J. Schultheis, G. Ma., Department of Horticultural Science; NC Cooperative Extension Service, North Carolina State University.

Watermelon research working group:

Standard size watermelon cultivar yield and quality results, North Carolina, 2017. Jonathan R. Schultheis and Keith D. Starke. North Carolina State University, Departmentof Horticultural Science,

Mini watermelon cultivar yield and quality results, North Carolina, 2017. Keith D. Starke and Jonathan R. Schultheis. North Carolina State University, Department of Horticultural Science.

Hollow heart formation in grafted and nongrafted watermelon. Marlee A Trandel, Dr.Penelope Perkins-Veazie, Dr. Jonathan Schultheis, Dr. Chris Gunter and Dr. Eva Johannes. North Carolina State University,Department of Horticultural Science.

Powdery mildew resistant watermelon germplasm lines USVL608-PMR,USVL278-PMR, USVL313-PMR andUSVL585-PMR. Shaker Kousik, Mihir K.Mandal, Jennifer L. Ikerd, Scott Adkins and William Turechek, U.S. Vegetable Laboratory, USDA, ARS.

Screening for resistance to anthracnose in the watermelon germplasm collection using field, greenhouse and growth chamber environments. Takshay K. Patel and Todd C. Wehner. Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University.

Genetics of Fusarium wilt races 1 and 2 resistance in watermelon. SandraBranham, Amnon Levi, Patrick Wechter. U.S. Vegetable Laboratory, USDA, ARS.

Molecular Dissection of Resistance Signaling during Compatible and Incompatible Watermelon- Powdery Mildew (Podosphaera xanthii) Interactions using RNA-Seq Approach. Mihir K. Mandal, Haktan Suren, Jennifer L. Ikerd and Shaker Kousik. U.S. Vegetable Laboratory, USDA, ARS.