{"id":23,"date":"2016-10-12T17:39:23","date_gmt":"2016-10-12T21:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2024-07-12T12:36:57","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T16:36:57","slug":"partners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/about\/partners\/","title":{"rendered":"Project Partners"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#advisory-board\">Stakeholder Advisory Board<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#crop-curator\">Cucurbit Crop Curators<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#external-evaluators\">External Evaluators<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Key stakeholders for the CucCAP project are: cucurbit growers, shippers and processors; seed companies that develop cucurbit cultivars; and the scientific community that develops new knowledge that will lead to improved cultivars.<br \/>\nWe are appreciative of the support and advice provided by the CucCAP Stakeholder Advisory Board which includes industry representatives from each of the four cucurbit commodity groups and breeders and scientists from several seed companies with major cucurbit breeding programs.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"advisory-board\">Stakeholder Advisory Board<\/h2>\n<h3>Commodity Group Representatives<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.watermelon.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Watermelon Promotion Board<\/a> &#8211; Mark Arney, Executive Director NWPB<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/watermelon.ag\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Watermelon Association<\/a> &#8211; George Szczepanski, Executive Director NWA<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmrb.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California Melon Research Board<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Steve Smith, Former Chair, California Melon Research Board<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmrb.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California Melon Research Board<\/a> &#8211; Bart Fisher, Chair<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, California Melon Research Board;<\/span> President, Fisher Ranch Corporation<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michiganvegetablecouncil.org\/\">Michigan Vegetable Council<\/a> &#8211; Greg Bird, Executive Director<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilovepickles.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pickle Packers International<\/a> &#8211; John Cox, Executive Vice President Pickle Packers International<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Seed Industry<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/agriculture.basf.com\/global\/en\/business-areas\/crop-protection-and-seeds\/use-areas\/vegetable-seeds.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BASF Vegetable Seeds<\/a> &#8211; Mona Mazaheri (Integrated Breeding Team &#8211; Americas)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cropscience.bayer.com\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bayer Crop Science<\/a> &#8211; Nischit Shetty (North American Cucurbit Breeding Lead)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lat.eastwestseed.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">East-West Seeds<\/a> &#8211; Caleb Orchard, Simon Dehoop, and Marilyn Hindo<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.enzazaden.com\/us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enza Zaden<\/a> &#8211; Bart Kay (Research Molecular Biology), Walter Verweij (Senior Scientist,) and Tilly Eldridge<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnnyseeds.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Johnny\u2019s Selected Seeds<\/a> &#8211; Lindsay Wyatt (Squash and pumpkin breeder) and Rob Johnston<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.limagrain.com\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Limagrain Vegetable Seeds<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hmclause.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HM Clause<\/a>, Kishor Bhattarai (Vegetable Seeds Division) and Peter Kraan (Breeding Director EMEA)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.origene.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Origene America<\/a> &#8211; Eyal Vardi (Founder and CEO)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sakata.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sakata Seeds<\/a> &#8211; Nihat Guner (Senior watermelon breeder) and Jeff Zischke (Senior advisor R&amp;D)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.syngenta-us.com\/crops\/vegetables\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Syngenta Seeds Inc.<\/a> -Padma Sudarshana, Carine Rizzolatti, and Rakesh Kumar<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.takiiseed.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Takii Seeds<\/a> &#8211; Yasushi Tokairin and Yamamoto Gaku<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/unitedgenetics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United Genetics<\/a> -Xuemei Zhang and Raquel Salaki<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"crop-curator\">Cucurbit Crop Curators<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Robert Jarret &#8211;\u00a0 <em>Citrullus<\/em> spp.<br \/>\nUSDA-ARS, Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit,\u00a01109 Experiment Station, Griffin GA 30223<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:Bob.Jarret@ARS.USDA.GOV\">bob.jarret@ARS.USDA.GOV<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Kathy Reitsma &#8211; <em>Cucumis<\/em> (<em>C. melo<\/em> and <em>C. sativus<\/em>)<br \/>\nUSDA-ARS, North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station<br \/>\nIowa State University, Ames IA 50011<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:Kathleen.Reitsma@ARS.USDA.GOV\">kathleen.reitsma@ARS.USDA.GOV<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Rebecca Povilus &#8211; <em>Cucurbita<\/em> spp.<br \/>\nUSDA &#8211; ARS, Plant Genetic Resources Unit, Geneva, NY 14456<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:Rebecca.Povilus@usda.gov\">rebecca.povilus@usda.gov<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"external-evaluators\">External Evaluators<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Phillip McClean<br \/>\nDirector of the Genomics and Bioinformatics Program at North Dakota State University<br \/>\nDepartment of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58105<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:phillip.mcclean@ndsu.nodak.edu\">phillip.mcclean@ndsu.nodak.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Antonio Monforte<br \/>\nResearch Scientist, Department of Biotechnology and Plant Breeding<br \/>\nInstitute of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Plants, Valencia, Spain<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:amonforte@ibmcp.upv.es\">amonforte@ibmcp.upv.es<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Allen Van Deynze<br \/>\nDirector of Research at the UC Davis Seed Biotechnology Center<br \/>\nDepartment of Plant Sciences<br \/>\nPlant Reproductive Biology Extension Center Drive, Davis, CA 95616<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:avandeynze@ucdavis.edu\">avandeynze@ucdavis.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stakeholder Advisory Board Cucurbit Crop Curators External Evaluators Key stakeholders for the CucCAP project are: cucurbit growers, shippers and processors; seed companies that develop cucurbit cultivars; and the scientific community that develops new knowledge that will lead to improved cultivars. 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