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Branham Lab @ Clemson University

XIIth Eucarpia Meeting on Cucurbit Genetics and Breeding

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.

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Meet the CucCAP Watermelon Team

February 10, 2021April 21, 2021 cuccap CucCAP Watermelon Team

The CucCAP Watermelon team is led by USDA-ARS Research Geneticist Amnon Levi. Co-investigators include Sandra Branham, Cecelia McGregor, Kai-Shu Ling, Shaker Kousik, Umesh Reddy, and Pat Wechter.

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CucCAP scientists uncover QTL associated with sulfur tolerance in melon, facilitating disease control options

August 7, 2020March 22, 2022 cuccap CucCAP Melon Team, Featured Articles

CucCAP researchers identified a major QTL associated with sulfur tolerance in a melon mapping population. Genetic markers were developed for the major QTL and can be used to incorporate sulfur tolerance in melon breeding programs.

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CucCAP #1 Melon Publications

March 17, 2020May 30, 2023 cuccap CucCAP Melon Team

Breeding, genetics, & genomics publications and presentations from the CucCAP1 melon project.

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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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