{"id":4986,"date":"2017-07-27T14:03:22","date_gmt":"2017-07-27T18:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/?p=4986"},"modified":"2017-11-02T14:11:21","modified_gmt":"2017-11-02T18:11:21","slug":"breeding-efforts-in-the-grumet-lab-at-michigan-state-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/2017\/07\/27\/breeding-efforts-in-the-grumet-lab-at-michigan-state-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Breeding Efforts in the Grumet lab at Michigan State University"},"content":{"rendered":"<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-4986 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\/2017\/07\/17\/cuccap-screening-cucumber-for-disease-resistance\/cucumber-field-july-19-2017\/'><img width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/07\/Cucumber-field-July-19-2017-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"field of cucumber plants\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4334\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/07\/Cucumber-field-July-19-2017-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/07\/Cucumber-field-July-19-2017-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/07\/Cucumber-field-July-19-2017.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4334'>\n\t\t\t\tField planting of F2 population of cucumber plants segregating for young fruit resistance to P. capsici. July 17, 2017.\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\/2017\/07\/17\/cuccap-screening-cucumber-for-disease-resistance\/cucumber-field-july-17-2017\/'><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\" \/><\/a>\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><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\/2017\/07\/17\/cuccap-screening-cucumber-for-disease-resistance\/inoculating-cucumbers-july-12-2017\/'><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\" \/><\/a>\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. 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