“Breeding pest and disease tolerance into a plant can take a long time. For some years, Mazourek has been addressing the threat caused by downy mildew, a fungus-like pathogen that attacks plants in the cucurbits family.”
Mazourek Lab @ Cornell CALS
CucCAP #1 Squash Publications and Presentations
10th Organic Seed Growers Conference
CFSA Sustainable Agriculture Conference
Michael Mazourek from Cornell University will present: Fundamentals of On-Farm Plant Breeding – Sunday 10:15 – 11:30 am
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
2019 National Association of Plant Breeder’s Annual Meeting
Michael Mazourek will speak in the Breeding Specialty Crops General session between 1 p.m & 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019. Register at this link
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).
Melon Team | 2019 CucCAP Progress Report
Melon Team members Jim McCreight (USDA, ARS), Shaker Kousik (USDA, ARS), Michael Mazourek (Cornell Univ.), Pat Wechter (USDA, ARS), and Bill Wintermantel (USDA, ARS) reported their accomplishments in the CucCAP1 project.