{"id":7311,"date":"2019-02-05T15:52:20","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T20:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/?p=7311"},"modified":"2019-09-05T16:15:48","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T20:15:48","slug":"2019-watermelon-presentations-at-southern-region-ashs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/2019\/02\/05\/2019-watermelon-presentations-at-southern-region-ashs\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 Watermelon Presentations at Southern Region ASHS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NC State Department of Horticulture Watermelon group and the University of Georgia Department of Horticulture Watermelon Breeding group made presentations at the<a href=\"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/event\/83rd-southern-region-ashs\/\"> 83rd Southern Region ASHS Watermelon Research Working Group<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Watermelon Variety Trials<\/h2>\n<p>NC State Extension Specialist Jonathan Schultheis and Research Associate Keith Starke conduct annual variety trials on Melon, Pumpkin, Squash, and\u00a0Watermelon. The Vegetable Extension team collaborates with Penelope Perkins-Veazie, Professor of Postharvest Physiology at the NC State\u00a0Plants for Human Health Institute and Graduate Research Assistant Marlee Trandel.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Keith Starke presented &#8216;<strong>Standard size watermelon cultivar yield and quality results in North Carolina for 2018<\/strong>&#8216;\u00a0 on February 2, 2019. The 2018 Watermelon Cultivar Evaluation Booklet\u00a0will be available in February. Visit the\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cucurbits.ces.ncsu.edu\/growing-cucurbits\/variety-trials\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cucurbit Variety Trials Page\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0to view Reports from previous years.<\/li>\n<li>Marlee A. Trandel presented &#8216;<strong>Tissue Firmness and Hollow Heart Development in 2012, 2013 and 2014 Triploid Watermelon Variety Trials<\/strong>&#8216; by Marlee Trandel,\u00a0Penelope Perkins-Veazie, and Jonathan Schultheis on February 2, 2019.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Watermelon Breeding and Genomics<\/h2>\n<p>University of Georgia\u00a0Associate Professor Cecilia E. McGregor&#8217;s program focuses on developing molecular tools for watermelon and integrating these tools into their breeding program.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Graduate students from the lab attended the SR-ASHS and the Watermelon Research Working Group in Birmingham AL this past weekend.<br \/>\nJorge Reyes won third place in the Warren S. Barham Ph.D Graduate Student Paper Competition for this presentation entitled &#8220;<b>Detection of the Gummy Stem Blight-Causing Pathogens (<i>Stagonosporopsis<\/i>\u00a0spp.) in Watermelon Using Species-Specific LAMP Assays.<\/b>&#8221;<br \/>\nWinnie Gimode won best overall graduate student poster, for the poster entitled &#8220;<b>Fine mapping of a Major Quantitative Trait Locus\u00a0<i>Qdff3-1<\/i>\u00a0Controlling Flowering Time in Watermelon.<\/b>&#8221; Winnie was also voted the &#8216;audience favorite&#8217; for the paper presentation entitled &#8220;<b>Identification of Quantitative Trait Loci Associated with Gummy Stem Blight Resistance in Watermelon<\/b>.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8216;<strong>KASP\u2122 Markers for Selection for Fruit Shape in Watermelon<\/strong>&#8216; was presented to the Watermelon Group on February 1, 2019 by Reeve Legendre and Cecilia McGregor, Department of Horticulture, University of Georgia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-default btn-md\" href=\"http:\/\/ugamaclab.blogspot.com\/2019\/02\/sr-ashs-in-birmingham-al.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NC State Department of Horticulture Watermelon group and the University of Georgia Department of Horticulture Watermelon Breeding group made presentations at the 83rd Southern Region ASHS Watermelon Research Working Group. Watermelon Variety Trials NC State Extension Specialist Jonathan Schultheis and Research Associate Keith Starke conduct annual variety trials on Melon, Pumpkin, Squash, and\u00a0Watermelon. 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