{"id":14051,"date":"2023-05-25T15:55:34","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T19:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/?p=14051"},"modified":"2023-05-25T17:05:49","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T21:05:49","slug":"cuccap-scientists-use-multiplex-system-to-monitor-virus-threats-to-melon-crops-in-california-and-arizona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/2023\/05\/25\/cuccap-scientists-use-multiplex-system-to-monitor-virus-threats-to-melon-crops-in-california-and-arizona\/","title":{"rendered":"CucCAP scientists use multiplex system to monitor virus threats to melon crops in California and Arizona\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span lang=\"EN\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-14053 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/05\/melon_logo-150x126.jpg\" alt=\"cantaloupe image\" width=\"150\" height=\"126\" srcset=\"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/05\/melon_logo-150x126.jpg 150w, http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/05\/melon_logo-300x251.jpg 300w, http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/05\/melon_logo.jpg 456w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Multiple aphid- and whitefly- transmitted viruses are an increasing threat to melon production in the southwestern United States.\u00a0 Often plants are infected by a mixture of different viruses, posing challenges for disease management and efforts to develop resistant varieties.\u00a0 To help address this problem the USDA <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/tag\/william-wintermantel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wintermantel team<\/a><\/strong> in Salinas CA developed a multiplex single-step RT-PCR method to simultaneously test and differentiate among the among the different viruses.\u00a0 Sampling of melon production regions in California and Arizona found that different combinations of viruses were dominant in fall vs. spring seasons, providing important information for disease management in areas impacted by cucurbit yellowing viruses.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>For further reading:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/apsjournals.apsnet.org\/doi\/10.1094\/PDIS-06-22-1512-RE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Differential seasonal prevalence of yellowing viruses infecting melon crops in southern California and Arizona determined by multiplex RT-PCR and RT-qPCR<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nShaonpius Mondal, Laura Jenkins Hladky, and William M. Wintermantel<br \/>\nPublished in Plant Disease on Feb 1, 2023.<br \/>\nDOI: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1094\/PDIS-06-22-1512-RE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10.1094\/PDIS-06-22-1512-RE<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wintermantel team developed a multiplex single-step RT-PCR method to simultaneously test and differentiate among the among different viruses.\u00a0 Sampling of melon production regions in California and Arizona found that different combinations of viruses were dominant in fall vs. spring seasons, providing important information for disease management in areas impacted by cucurbit yellowing viruses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[265,419],"tags":[626,323],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14051"}],"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=14051"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14063,"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14051\/revisions\/14063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}