Cucumber – Breeding, Genetics, Genomics, & Pathology Melon – Breeding, Genetics, Genomics, & Pathology Pumpkin and Squash – Breeding, Genetics, Genomics, & Pathology Watermelon – Breeding, Genetics, Genomics, & Pathology Cucurbit – Breeding, Genetics, & Genomics Cucurbit pathology Books Other Publications
Cucumber – Breeding, Genetics, Genomics, Pathology Publications
Grumet, R., and M. Colle. 2017. Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) breeding line with young fruit resistance to infection by Phytophthora capsici . HortScience. 52:922-924. DOI: 10.21273/HORTSCI11423-16
Transcriptomic and metabolomic analyses of cucumber fruit peels reveal a developmental increase in terpenoid glycosides associated with age-related resistance to Phytophthora capsici . Horticulture Research. 4:17022. DOI: 10.1038/hortres.2017.22 Pan, Y.P., S.P. Qu, K.L. Bo, M.L. Gao, K.R. Haider, and Y. Weng. 2017. QTL mapping of domestication and diversifying selection related traits in round-fruited semi-wild Xishuangbanna cucumber (Cucumis sativus L. var. xishuangbannanesis) . Theoretical and Applied Genetics 130:1531-1548. DOI: 10.1007/s00122-017-2908-2 .
Schultheis, J.R., A.C. Thornton, and W. B. Thompson. 2016. Evaluating pickling cucumber plant populations to maximize yield for once-over mechanical harvest in the southeastern United States . Acta Horticulturae . (ISHS ) 1123:69-78. DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2016.1123.10
VandenLangenberg, K. and T.C. Wehner. 2016. Downy mildew disease progress in resistant and susceptible cucumbers tested in the field at different growth stages . HortScience 51: 984-988.
QTL mapping for downy mildew resistance in cucumber inbred line WI7120 (PI 330628) . Theoretical and Applied Genetics 129: 1493-1505. DOI: 10.1007/s0012 QTL mapping of downy and powdery mildew resistances in PI 197088 cucumber with 3 genotyping-by-sequencing in RIL population . Theor Appl Genet 131: 597–611. DOI: 10.1007/s00122-017-3022-1 Ando K., K.M. Carr , M. Colle, B.N. Mansfeld, and R. Grumet. 2015. Exocarp properties and transcriptomic analysis of cucumber (Cucumis sativus) fruit expressing resistance to Phytophthora capsici . PLOS One 10: e0142133, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142133
Melon – Breeding, Genetics, Genomics, Pathology Publications
Construction of a genome-anchored, high-density genetic map for melon (Cucumis melo L.) and identification of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melonis race 1 resistance QTL . Theor Appl Genetics DOI: 10.1007/s00122-017-3039-5 Daley, J., S. Branham, A. Levi, R. Hassell, and P. Wechter. 2017. Mapping resistance to Alternaria cucumerina in Cucumis melo . Phytopathology. DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-06-16-0246-R.
Host plant resistance in melon to sweetpotato whitefly in California and Arizona . Acta Hort. 1151:237–244. DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2017.1151.37 .Recessive resistance to Cucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus in melon TGR 1551 . Acta Hort. 1151:101–107. DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2017.1151.17 Cucurbits powdery mildew race identity and reaction of melon genotypes . Pesq. Agropec. Trop., Goiânia 47:440–447. DOI: 10.1590/1983-40632017v4749537 Emergence and epidemiology of Cucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus in the American Desert Southwest, and development of host plant resistance in melon . Virus Res. 2017 Jun 18. pii: S0168-1702(17)30154-5. DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2017.06.004 Nimmakayala, P., Y. Tomason, V.L. Abburi, A. Alvarado, T. Saminathan, V.G. Vajja, G. Salazar, G. Panicker, A. Levi, W.P. Wechter, J.D. McCreight, A. Korol, Y. Ronin, J. Garcia-Mas, and U.K. Reddy. 2016. Genome-Wide Differentiation of Various Melon Horticultural Groups for Use in GWAS for Fruit Firmness and Construction of a High Resolution Genetic Map . Frontiers in Plant Science 22 September 2016. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01437 .
Sabanadzovic, S., R. Valverde, J.D. McCreight, W.M. Wintermantel, and N. Aboughanem-Sabanadzovic. 2016. Cucumis melo endornavirus: Genome organization, host range and co-divergence with the host10.1016/j.virusres.2016.01.001 .
Pumpkin and Squash – Breeding, Genetics, Genomics, Pathology Publications
Carlson, MO, Gazave, E, Gore, MA, and Smart, CD. 2017. Temporal genetic dynamics of an experimental, biparental field population of Phytophthora capsici . Frontiers in Genetics 8:26. DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2017.00026
Characteristics of resistance to Phytophthora root and crown rot in Cucurbita pepo L . Plant Disease 101:659-665. DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-06-16-0867-RE .Holdsworth, W.L., K.E. LaPlant, D.C. Bell, M.M. Jahn, and M. Mazourek. 2016. Cultivar-Based Introgression Mapping Reveals Wild-Species Derived Pm-0 The Major Powdery Mildew Resistance Locus in Squash . PLOS ONE. e0167715. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0167715
Evaluation of winter squash and pumpkin cultivars for age-related resistance to Phytophthora capsici fruit rot . HortScience 51:1251-1255. DOI: 10.21273/HORTSCI11173-16 Zhang, G., Y. Ren, H. Sun, S. Guo, F. Zhang, J. Zhang, H. Zhang, Z. Jia, Z. Fei, Y. Xu, and H. Li. 2015. A high-density genetic map for anchoring genome sequences and identifying QTLs associated with dwarf vine in pumpkin (Cucurbita maxima Duch.) . BMC Genomics 16:1101. DOI: 10.1186/s12864-015-2312-8
Watermelon – Breeding, Genetics, Genomics, Pathology Publications
Development of Phytophthora fruit rot caused by Phytophthora capsici on resistant and susceptible watermelon fruit of different ages . Plant Disease 102:370-374. DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-06-17-0898-RE Powdery mildew resistant rootstocks that impart tolerance to grafted susceptible watermelon scion seedlings . Plant Disease. First Look paper: 10.1094/PDIS-09-17-1384-RE Metagenomic and metatranscriptomic analyses of diverse watermelon cultivars reveal the role of fruit associated microbiome in carbohydrate metabolism and ripening of mature fruits . Front Plant Sci . 9:4. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00004 Genetic mapping of a major codominant QTL associated with β-carotene accumulation in watermelon . Mol. Breeding DOI: 10.1007/s11032-017-0747-0
Inheritance of resistance to gummy stem blight in watermelon . HortScience 52: 1477-1482. DOI: 10.21273/JASHS03834-16 Fungicide rotation schemes for managing Phytophthora fruit rot of watermelon across Southeastern United States . Plant Health Progress 18: 28-34. DOI: 10.1094/PHP-RS-16-0059 USVL-380, a Zucchini yellow mosaic virus-resistant watermelon breeding line . 2017. HortScience 52:1448–1450. DOI: 10.21273/HORTSCI12292-17 Levi, A., A.M. Simmons, L. Massey, J. Coffey, W.P. Wechter, R.L. Jarret, Y. Tadmor, P. Nimmakayala, and U.K. Reddy. 2017. Genetic diversity in the desert watermelon Citrullus colocynthis and its relationship with Citrullus species as determined by high-frequency oligonucleotides-targeting active gene markers. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 142(1):47–56. DOI: 10.21273/JASHS03834-16
Branham, S.E., A. Levi, M.W. Farnham, and W.P. Wechter. 2016. A GBS‑SNP‑based linkage map and quantitative trait loci (QTL) associated with resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. Niveum race 2 identified in Citrullus lanatus var. citroides . Theor Appl Genet. 10.1007/s00122-016-2813-0
Kousik, C. S., J. Brusca, and W. W. Turechek. 2016. Diseases and disease management strategies take top research priority in the Watermelon Research and Development Group members survey (2014 to 2015) . Plant Health Progress. 17:53-58. DOI: 10.1094/PHP-S-15-0047
Levi, A., J. Coffey, L.M. Massey, N. Guner, E. Oren, Y. Tadmor, and K.S. Ling. 2016. Resistance to papaya ringspot virus-watermelon strain (PRSV-W) in the desert watermelon Citrullus colocynthis . HortScience 51:4–7.
Levi, A., R.K. Harris-Shultz, and K.S. Ling. 2016. USVL-370, a Zucchini yellow mosaic virus–resistant Watermelon Breeding Line . HortScience 51:107–109. DOI: 10.21273/HORTSCI12292-17
Meru, G. and C. McGregor. 2016. Genotyping by sequencing for SNP discovery and genetic mapping of resistance to race 1 of Fusarium oxysporum in watermelon . Scientia Horticulturae 209: 31-40. DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2016.06.005
Natwick, E., M.I. Lopez, W.M. Wintermantel, J.D. McCreight, O. Batuman, and R.L. Gilbertson. 2016. Watermelon whitefly insecticide efficacy trial, 2015 . Arthropod Management Tests 41 (1): tsw088DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/amt/tsw088
Niu, X., X. Zhao, K. Ling, A. Levi, Y. Sun, and M. Fan. 2016. The FonSIX6 gene acts as an avirulence effector in the Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum – watermelon pathosystem . Nature Scientific Reports 6:28146. DOI: 10.1038/srep28146
Thies, J.A., J.J. Ariss, C.S. Kousik, R.L. Hassell, and A. Levi. 2016. Resistance to Southern Root-knot Nematode (Meloidogyne incognita ) in Wild Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus var. citroides ) Populations . Journal of Nematology 48:14–19.
Wechter, W.P., M.M. McMillan, M.W. Farnham, and A. Levi. 2016. Watermelon germplasm lines USVL246-FR2 and USVL252-FR2 tolerant to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum race 2 . HortScience 51:1065-1067.
Cucurbit Breeding, Genetics, and Genomics
Cucurbit powdery mildew-resistant bitter gourd breeding lines reveal four races of Podosphaera xanthii in Asia . HortScience 53:337–341. DOI: 10.21273/HORTSCI12545-17 An AAA-ATPase domain-containing protein encoded by major-effect QTL CsARN6.1 is associated with waterlogging stress tolerance through promoting adventitious root formation . Plant Journal 93(5):917-930 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13819 Bottle gourd genotypes vary in clomazone tolerance . HortScience 52:1687–1691. DOI: 10.21273/HORTSCI12201-17 Early staminate flowering monoecious lines have potential as pollenizers for gynoecious hybrid bitter gourd cultivars . Pak. J. Agri. Sci. 54:27–33. DOI: 10.21162/PAKJAS/17.4354 Karyotype stability and unbiased fractionation in the paleo-allotetraploid Cucurbita genomes . Molecular Plant, DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2017.09.003 The bottle gourd genome provides insights into Cucurbitaceae evolution and facilitates mapping of a Papaya ringspot virus resistance locus . Plant Journal 92(5):963-975. DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13722 Dhillon, N.P.S., S. Sanguansil, R. Schafleitner, Y.-W. Wang, and J.D. McCreight. 2016. Diversity among a wide Asian Collection of bitter gourd landraces and their genetic relationships with commercial hybrid cultivars . J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 141:475–484. DOI: 10.21273/JASHS03748-16 .
Kousik, C. S., J. Ikerd, and M. Mandal. 2016. First report of fruit rot of ridge gourd (Luffa acutangula ) caused by Sclerotium rolfsii . Plant Health Progress. 17:13-14. [PDF ] DOI: 10.1094/PHP-BR-15-0048 .
Cucurbit Pathology Publications
First report of powdery mildew on Cucumis zambianus, Cucurbita digitata and Melothria scabra caused by Podosphaera xanthii . Plant Disease 102:246. 10.1094/PDIS-06-17-0916-PDN Tabima, J.F., S.E. Everhart, M.M. Larsen, A.J. Weisberg, Z.N. Kamvar, M.A. Tancos, C.D. Smart, J.H. Chang, and N.J. Grünwald. 2017. Microbe-ID: An open source toolbox for microbial genotyping and species identification . PeerJ 4:e2279; DOI: 10.7717/peerj.2279
Webster, C.G., W.W. Turechek, W. Li, C.S. Kousik, and S. Adkins. 2017. Development and evaluation of ELISA and qRT-PCR for identification of Squash vein yellowing virus in cucurbits . Plant Disease 101:178-185. DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-06-16-0872-RE
Parada-Rojas, C. H., and L. M. Quesada-Ocampo. 2017. Population structure of the oomycete soilborne pathogen Phytophthora capsici in North Carolina . Phytopathology.
Rahman A., Wallace E., Crouch J., Martin F., and L. M.Quesada-Ocampo. 2017. Unravelling historical shifts in Pseudoperonospora cubensis populations in the U.S. that resulted in the 2004 cucurbit downy mildew epidemic . Phytopathology.
Carlson, M.O., E. Gazave, M.A. Gore, and C.D. Smart. 2017. Temporal genetic dynamics of an experimental, biparental field population of Phytophthora capsici . Frontiers in Genetics 8:26. DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2017.00026
Lebeda, A., E. Křístková, B. Sedláková, J.D. McCreight, and M.D. Coffey. 2016. Cucurbit powdery mildews: methodology for objective determination and denomination of races . European Journal of Plant Pathology 144:399–410. DOI: 10.1007/s10658-015-0776-7
Naegele, R. P., L.M. Quesada-Ocampo, J.D. Kurjan, C. Saude, and M.K. Hausbeck. 2016. Regional and temporal population structure of Pseudoperonospora cubensis in Michigan and Ontario . Phytopathology 106: 372-379. [PDF] DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-02-15-0043-R
Wallace, E., Y.J. Choi., M. Thines, and L.M. Quesada-Ocampo. 2016. First report of Plasmopara aff. australis on Luffa cylindrica in the United States . Plant Disease 100: 537. DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-06-15-0684-PDN.
Withers, S., E. Gongora-Castillo, D. Gent, A. Thomas, P. Ojiambo, and L.M. Quesada-Ocampo. 2016. Using next-generation sequencing to develop molecular diagnostics for Pseudoperonospora cubensis , the cucurbit downy mildew pathogen . Phytopathology 106: 1105-1116. DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-10-15-0260-FI
Cohen, Y., K.M. VandenLangenberg, T.C. Wehner, P.S. Ojiambo, M. Hausbeck, L.M. Quesada-Ocampo, A. Lebeda, H. Sierotzki, and U. Gisi. 2015. Resurgence of Pseudoperonospora cubensis : the causal agent of cucurbit downy mildew . Phytophathology 105: 998-1012. DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-11-14-0334-FI
Summers, C.F., C.M. Gulliford, C.H. Carlson, J.A. Lillis, M.O. Carlson, L. Cadle-Davidson, D.H. Gent, and C.D. Smart. 2015. Identification of genetic variation between obligate plant pathogens Pseudoperonospora cubensis and P. humuli using RNA sequencing and genotyping-by-sequencing . PLoS ONE 10(11): eD143665. DOI: 1D.1371/journal.pone.D143665
Summers, C.F., N. Adair, D.H. Gent, M.T. McGrath, and C.D. Smart. 2015. Pseudoperonospora cubensis and P. humuli detection using species-specific probes and high definition melt curve analysisCanadian Journal of Plant Pathology 37:315-330. DOI: 10.1080/07060661.2015.1053989
Wallace, E., M. Adams., and L.M. Quesada-Ocampo. 2015. First report of downy mildew on buffalo gourd (Cucurbita foetidissima ) caused by Pseudoperonospora cubensis in North Carolina . Plant Disease 99: 1861. DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-03-15-0348-PDN
Wintermantel, W.M., R.L. Gilbertson, J.D. McCreight, and E.T. Natwick. 2015. Host-specific relationship between virus Titer and Whitefly Transmission of Cucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus . Plant Disease 100: 92-98. DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-11-14-1119-RE
Books
Compendium of Cucurbit Diseases and Pests , 2nd ed., APS Press, St. Paul, Minn.Compendium of Cucurbit Diseases and Pests , 2nd ed., APS Press, St. Paul, Minn.Grumet R, Katzir N, Garcia-Mas J. 2017. Genetics and Genomics of Cucurbitaceae . Plant Genetics and Genomics: Crops and Models. Vol. 20 Springer International Publishing. ISBN978-3-319-49330-5. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-49332-9
Compendium of Cucurbit Diseases and Pests , 2nd ed., APS Press, St. Paul, Minn.Compendium of Cucurbit Diseases and Pests , 2nd ed., APS Press, St. Paul, Minn.Compendium of Cucurbit Diseases and Pests , 2nd ed., APS Press, St. Paul, Minn.Compendium of Cucurbit Diseases and Pests , 2nd ed., APS Press, St. Paul, Minn.Bai Y., Zhang Z., Fei Z. (2016) Databases and Bioinformatics for Cucurbit Species. In: Grumet R., Katzir N., Garcia-Mas J. (eds) Genetics and Genomics of Cucurbitaceae. Plant Genetics and Genomics: Crops and Models, vol 20. Springer, Cham DOI: 10.1007/7397_2016_27
Dhillon, N.P.S., S. Sanguansil, S.P. Singh, M.A.T. Masud, P. Kumar, L.K. Bharathi, H. Yetisir, R. Huang, D.X. Canh, and J.D. McCreight. 2016. Gourds: Bitter, bottle, wax, snake, sponge and ridge. Chapter 7. DOI: 10.1007/7397_2016_24
Grumet R., Colle M. (2016) Genomic Analysis of Cucurbit Fruit Growth. In: Grumet R., Katzir N., Garcia-Mas J. (eds) Genetics and Genomics of Cucurbitaceae. Plant Genetics and Genomics: Crops and Models, vol 20. Springer, Cham DOI: 10.1007/7397_2016_4
Grumet R., Garcia-Mas J., Katzir N. (2017) Cucurbit Genetics and Genomics: A Look to the Future. In: Grumet R., Katzir N., Garcia-Mas J. (eds) Genetics and Genomics of Cucurbitaceae. Plant Genetics and Genomics: Crops and Models, vol 20. Springer, Cham DOI: 10.1007/7397_2017_1
Levi A., Jarret R., Kousik S., Patrick Wechter W., Nimmakayala P., Reddy U.K. (2017) Genetic Resources of Watermelon. In: Grumet R., Katzir N., Garcia-Mas J. (eds) Genetics and Genomics of Cucurbitaceae. Plant Genetics and Genomics: Crops and Models, vol 20. Springer, Cham DOI: 10.1007/7397_2016_34
McCreight J.D. (2016) Cultivation and Uses of Cucurbits. In: Grumet R., Katzir N., Garcia-Mas J. (eds) Genetics and Genomics of Cucurbitaceae. Plant Genetics and Genomics: Crops and Models, vol 20. Springer, Cham DOI: 10.1007/7397_2016_2
Naegele R.P., Wehner T.C. (2016) Genetic Resources of Cucumber. In: Grumet R., Katzir N., Garcia-Mas J. (eds) Genetics and Genomics of Cucurbitaceae. Plant Genetics and Genomics: Crops and Models, vol 20. Springer, Cham DOI: 10.1007/7397_2016_15
Nimmakayala P., T. Saminathan,V. L. Abburi, L. K. Yadav, Y. Tomason, A. Levi, Y. Weng, U. K. Reddy (2017) Comparative Genomics of the Cucurbitaceae. In: Grumet R., Katzir N., Garcia-Mas J. (eds) Genetics and Genomics of Cucurbitaceae. Plant Genetics and Genomics: Crops and Models, vol 20. Springer, Cham DOI: 10.1007/7397_2016_2
Weng Y. (2016) The Cucumber Genome. In: Grumet R., Katzir N., Garcia-Mas J. (eds) Genetics and Genomics of Cucurbitaceae. Plant Genetics and Genomics: Crops and Models, vol 20. Springer, Cham DOI 10.1007/7397_2016_6
Other Publications
Plant variety protection (PVP) for ‘Carolina Strongback’ a watermelon rootstock with resistance to Fusrium wilt and root-knot nematodes. USDA ARS Research Project #432455 Weng Y., Wehner, T. C. 2017. Cucumber Gene Catalog 2017. Cucurbit Genet Coop 2017 issues 34-35
Palma, M.A., L.A. Ribera, and R.D. Knutson. 2016. “The Era of the Functional Consumer .” Journal of Food Products Marketing. 2:5, 555-570. DOI: 10.1080/10454446.2015.1121425
Ribera, L.A. 2016. “Theme Overview: Producer Impacts of the Food Safety Modernization Act .” Choices Magazine. Quarter 1.
Ribera, L.A., F. Yamazaki, M. Paggi, and J. Seale Jr. 2016. “The Food Safety Modernization Act and Production of Specialty Crops .” Choices Magazine. Quarter 1.
Mansfeld, B.N., M. Colle, Y. Kang, A.D. Jones, and R. Grumet. 2017. Transcriptomic and metabolomic analyses of cucumber fruit peels reveal a developmental increase in terpenoid glycosides associated with age-related resistance to Phytophthora capsici. Horticulture Research. 4:17022. DOI: 10.1038/hortres.2017.22