The Cucurbitaceae family (cucurbit) includes several economically important crops, such as melon, cucumber, watermelon, pumpkin, squash and gourds. During the past several years, genomic and genetic data have been rapidly accumulated for cucurbits. Read More
Ling Lab @ USDA-ARS
Kai-Shu Ling, a member of the CucCAP watermelon team, is a Research Plant Pathologist at the USDA Vegetable Research Lab in Charleston, S.C.
2018 CucCAP Watermelon Team Annual Report
Progress Reports and Work Plans Watermelon Team members: Amnon Levi (USDA, ARS), Shaker Kousik (USDA, ARS), Kai-shu Ling (USDA, ARS), Cecilia McGregor (Univ. Georgia), Pat Wechter (USDA, ARS), and Todd Wehner (North Carolina St. Univ.) reported on team progress and work plans. Overall objectives: Identifying quantitative trait loci (QTL) associated with resistance to major and emerging diseases, […]
CucCAP Bioinformatics team | comparative genomic analysis identifies relationships between bottle gourd and other cucurbits
Bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) is an important vegetable crop as well as a rootstock for other cucurbit crops.
Agricultural Research Service presents watermelon disease resistance research to the US Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture, Dr. Sonny Perdu visited the USDA, ARS, U.S. Vegetable Laboratory in Charleston, SC on August 21st, 2017 and received explanations of watermelon projects funded by CucCAP.
MSU to lead $6.5 million research on disease resistance in cucurbits | MSU
A national team of 20 scientists led by MSU Horticulture Professor Rebecca Grumet has been awarded $6.5 million grant to accelerate the development of disease-resistant cucurbit crops through leveraging applied genomics. Read More
