{"id":7529,"date":"2019-04-05T18:36:20","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T22:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/?p=7529"},"modified":"2021-03-22T14:31:15","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T18:31:15","slug":"organic-plant-breeding-yields-superior-varieties-for-cucurbit-growers-nc-state-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/2019\/04\/05\/organic-plant-breeding-yields-superior-varieties-for-cucurbit-growers-nc-state-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"Organic Plant Breeding Yields Superior Varieties for Cucurbit Growers | NC State Extension &amp; CFSA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NC State Extension reported via Carolina Farm Stewardship Alliance\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/seedalliance.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Organic Seed Alliance<\/a>\u00a0:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinafarmstewards.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Cucumber-NOVIC-VA-Workshop-9-10-18.jpg\" alt=\"cucumbers in the field\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Farmers looking for disease-resistant cucurbits now have more choices thanks to the release of new cucumber and melon varieties by Cornell University\u2014the result of years of research by public plant breeders and organic farmers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cOur approach to plant breeding involves a close collaboration with farmers, regional seed companies, and other researchers to test varieties in the environment of their intended use,\u201d says\u00a0Michael Mazourek\u00a0with the Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics at Cornell University. \u201cIn the case of these cucurbit varieties,\u00a0they were all bred with the needs of organic farmers in mind.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-default btn-md\" href=\"https:\/\/cucurbits.ces.ncsu.edu\/2019\/04\/organic-plant-breeding-yields-superior-varieties-for-cucurbit-growers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read the story from NC State Extension IPM.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Farmers looking for disease-resistant cucurbits now have more choices thanks to the release of new cucumber and melon varieties by Cornell University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[268],"tags":[485,470,486,487],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7529"}],"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=7529"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10442,"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7529\/revisions\/10442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}