CucCAP scientists and other researchers authored reports in the 2019 Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative (CGC) report which was published in September 2020.
McGregor Lab @ UGA
Cecilia McGregor is an Associate Professor in the Horticulture department at the University of Georgia; Areas of expertise include Cucurbit breeding, genetics and genomics; member of the CucCAP watermelon team.
Breeding Better Cucurbits | VSCNews
In the September 2020 edition of the Vegetable and Specialty Crop News Magazine, CucCAP vegetable breeder Cecilia McGregor and Extentension Specialist George Boyhan discuss pumpkin, watermelon, and summer squash breeding work at UGA.
CucCAP #1 Watermelon Publications and Presentations
Breeding, Genetics, Genomics, and disease management publications and presentations for watermelon from the CucCAP team.
McGregor Lab part of research study aimed at whitefly management
The McGregor Lab at UGA will collaborate with researchers from three research institutions to use a grant from the USDA to fight whiteflies on vegetable crops. Cecilia McGregor and her lab group will be involved with research on Plant resistant traits and Molecular tools & biotechnology.
McGregor Lab at the UGA Twilight Summer Field Day
The McGregor lab participated in the The Twilight Summer Field Day highlighting fruit and vegetable research at the Durham Horticulture Farm. From Left to right: Sammy Manthi, Lincoln Adams, Jorge Reyes and Jesse Kuzy Continue Reading
Watermelon Team | 2019 CucCAP Progress Report
Watermelon Team members: Amnon Levi (USDA, ARS), Shaker Kousik (USDA, ARS), Kai-shu Ling (USDA, ARS), Cecilia McGregor (Univ. Georgia), Pat Wechter (USDA, ARS), Todd Wehner (North Carolina St. Univ.)
Overall objectives: Identifying quantitative trait loci (QTL) associated with resistance to major and emerging diseases, developing useful molecular markers and utilizing the genomic tools to incorporate resistance into watermelon cultivars.
Major diseases: Gummy stem blight, Fusarium wilt, Powdery mildew, Phytophthora fruit rot, Papaya ringspot virus (PRSV) and Cucumber green motile mosaic virus (CGMMV).
2019 Watermelon Presentations at Southern Region ASHS
NC State Department of Horticulture Watermelon group and the University of Georgia Department of Horticulture Watermelon Breeding group made presentations at the 83rd Southern Region ASHS Watermelon Research Working Group. Watermelon Variety Trials NC State Extension Specialist Jonathan Schultheis and Research Associate Keith Starke conduct annual variety trials on Melon, Pumpkin, Squash, and Watermelon. The Vegetable […]
Winter 2019 Extension Disease Management Workshops
Extension Plant Pathologists Lina Quesada from NC State and Chris Smart from Cornell join Extension Specialist Mary Hausbeck for a series of Phytophthora and Downy Mildew Workshops for Vegetable Growers at Michigan State University.
