Southeast Organic Seed Summit

Carolina Farm Stewardship Association will host the Southeast Seed Summit at their annual Sustainable Agriculture Conference. A link to CucCAP squash breeder Michael Mazourek’s presentation is provided below: Continue Reading

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Genomics and Bioinformatics Team | 2019 CucCAP Progress Report

Report from Team members: Zhangjun Fei (Boyce Thompson Institute), Umesh Reddy (West Virginia St. Univ), Amnon Levi (USDA, ARS),  Yiqun Weng (USDA, ARS),  Michael Mazourek (Cornell University), Pat Wechter (USDA, ARS), Rebecca Grumet (Michigan State University) on Developing genomic and bioinformatic platforms for cucurbit crops and Performing GBS analysis of PI collections, establish core populations of the four species, and provide community resource for genome wide association studies (GWAS).

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