{"id":10036,"date":"2017-08-20T14:06:47","date_gmt":"2017-08-20T18:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/?p=10036"},"modified":"2022-03-31T16:52:28","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T20:52:28","slug":"cucumber-team-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/2017\/08\/20\/cucumber-team-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Cucumber Team Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>News from the Grumet lab at Michigan State University<\/h2>\n<p>Breeding activities focus on fruit development and disease resistance in Cucumis (cucumber and melon) crops using a combination of molecular genetic, genomic and transgenic approaches. The CucCAP team is especially interested in early stages of fruit growth and factors influencing fruit size, shape, cuticle and surface properties and resistance to infection by the oomycete pathogen, <em>Phytophthora capsici<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-10036 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/07\/Inoculating-cucumbers-July-12-2017-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"research group inoculating seedlings in the lab\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4344\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/07\/Inoculating-cucumbers-July-12-2017-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/07\/Inoculating-cucumbers-July-12-2017-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/07\/Inoculating-cucumbers-July-12-2017.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4344'>\n\t\t\t\tGrumet Lab inoculating young cucumber fruit  to screen for disease resistance to P. capsici. July 12, 2017.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"226\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/10\/phytophthora-cucumber-226x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"diseased cucumber fruit\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2923\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2923'>\n\t\t\t\tCucumber fruit infected by Phytophthora capsici. Image provided by R. Grumet.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/07\/Cucumber-field-July-17-2017-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"field of cucumber plants\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4333\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/07\/Cucumber-field-July-17-2017-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/07\/Cucumber-field-July-17-2017-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/07\/Cucumber-field-July-17-2017.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4333'>\n\t\t\t\tCucumber Breeding team harvesting young cucumber fruit. July 17, 2017. \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h2>Breeding cucumbers for Downy Mildew resistance in the Wehner Lab at NC State<\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p>Downy mildew is caused by the pathogen <em>Pseudoperonospora cubensis.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-10036 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/breeding\/cucumber\/breeding-objectives-cucumber\/'><img width=\"300\" height=\"226\" src=\"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/10\/breeding-objectives-cucumber-300x226.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"cucumber plants in the field\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-2922\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-2922'>\n\t\t\t\tCucumber breeding field plots. Photo courtesy of Todd Wehner.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/disease-management\/cucumber\/downy-mildew\/downy-mildew-cucumber-field\/'><img width=\"226\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/downy-mildew-cucumber-field-226x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"cucumber field with disease present\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-2797\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/downy-mildew-cucumber-field-226x300.jpg 226w, http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/03\/downy-mildew-cucumber-field.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-2797'>\n\t\t\t\tCucurbit Downy Mildew in a cucumber field. Image provided by Chris Smart, Cornell University.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/breeding\/cucumber\/downy-mildew-cucumber-breeding\/'><img width=\"300\" height=\"226\" src=\"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/10\/downy-mildew-cucumber-breeding-300x226.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"cucumber plants with downy mildew symptoms\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-2919\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-2919'>\n\t\t\t\tField plots that are resistant or susceptible to downy mildew, with some showing good quality of pickling or slicing type fruit. Photo courtesy of Todd Wehner\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News from the Grumet lab at Michigan State University Breeding activities focus on fruit development and disease resistance in Cucumis (cucumber and melon) crops using a combination of molecular genetic, genomic and transgenic approaches. The CucCAP team is especially interested in early stages of fruit growth and factors influencing fruit size, shape, cuticle and surface [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[266],"tags":[399,184,116,195],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10036"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10036"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10040,"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10036\/revisions\/10040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}