{"id":9728,"date":"2016-10-12T18:28:15","date_gmt":"2016-10-12T22:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/?p=9728"},"modified":"2023-07-26T16:29:40","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T20:29:40","slug":"meet-the-cuccap1-project-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/2016\/10\/12\/meet-the-cuccap1-project-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the CucCAP1 Project Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_6356\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/06\/CucCAP-Team-2016.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6356\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6356\" src=\"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/06\/CucCAP-Team-2016.jpg\" alt=\"group photo of the CucCAP project researchers\" width=\"900\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/06\/CucCAP-Team-2016.jpg 900w, http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/06\/CucCAP-Team-2016-150x53.jpg 150w, http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/06\/CucCAP-Team-2016-300x105.jpg 300w, http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/06\/CucCAP-Team-2016-768x269.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6356\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The CucCAP Team<\/p><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3716\" src=\"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/10\/cuccap-team_diagram-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"organizational chart\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/10\/cuccap-team_diagram-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/10\/cuccap-team_diagram.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Project Director<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canr.msu.edu\/people\/dr_rebecca_grumet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rebecca Grumet<\/a>, Michigan State University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>CucCAP Project Teams<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#cucumber-team\">Cucumber Team<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#melon-team\">Melon Team<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#squash-team\">Squash Team<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#watermelon-team\">Watermelon Team<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#genomics-team\">Genomics and Bioinformatics Team<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#socioeconomics-team\">Socioeconomics Team<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#extension-team\">Extension and Outreach Team<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 id=\"contact\">Team Members &#8211; Alphabetical Listing<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/btiscience.org\/explore-bti\/directory\/zhangjun-fei\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zhangjun Fei<\/a>, <a title=\"Email Zhangjun Fei\" href=\"mailto:zf25@cornell.edu\">zf25@cornell.edu<\/a>, Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell University (Bioinformatics and Extension teams)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canr.msu.edu\/people\/dr_rebecca_grumet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rebecca Grumet<\/a>, <a href=\"mailto:grumet@msu.edu\">grumet@msu.edu<\/a>, Michigan State University (Cucumber team)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.canr.msu.edu\/people\/mary_hausbeck\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mary Hausbeck<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:hausbec1@msu.edu\">hausbec1@msu.edu<\/a>, Michigan State University (Cucumber, Squash, and Extension teams)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ars.usda.gov\/people-locations\/person\/?person-id=38496\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shaker Kousik<\/a>, <a href=\"mailto:Shaker.Kousik@ars.usda.gov?Subject=From%20ARS%20website\">Shaker.Kousik@ars.usda.gov<\/a>, USDA-ARS, Charleston, SC (Watermelon\u00a0and Melon teams)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ars.usda.gov\/people-locations\/person\/?person-id=3326\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amnon Levi<\/a>, <a href=\"mailto:Amnon.Levi@ars.usda.gov?Subject=From%20ARS%20website\">Amnon.Levi@ars.usda.gov<\/a>, USDA-ARS, Charleston, SC (Watermelon and\u00a0Bioinformatics teams)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uprm.edu\/p\/ciagro\/directorio_docente\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Angela M. Linares Ramirez<\/a>, <a href=\"mailto:angela.linares@upr.edu\">angela.linares@upr.edu<\/a>, University of Puerto Rico (Squash\u00a0and Extension teams)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ars.usda.gov\/people-locations\/person\/?person-id=35610\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kai-Shu Ling<\/a>, <a href=\"mailto:Kai.Ling@ars.usda.gov?Subject=From%20ARS%20website\">Kai.Ling@ars.usda.gov<\/a>, USDA-ARS, Charleston, SC (Watermelon team)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/hort.cals.cornell.edu\/people\/michael-mazourek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Mazourek<\/a>, <a href=\"mailto:mm284@cornell.edu\">mm284@cornell.edu<\/a>, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (Squash and Bioinformatics teams)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ars.usda.gov\/people-locations\/person\/?person-id=3717\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jim McCreight<\/a>, Jim.McCreight@ars.usda.gov, USDA-ARS, Salinas, CA (Melon\u00a0and Extension teams)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.caes.uga.edu\/departments\/horticulture\/people\/faculty\/cecilia-mcgregor.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cecilia McGregor<\/a>, <a href=\"mailto:cmcgre1@uga.edu\">cmcgre1@uga.edu<\/a>, University of Georgia (Watermelon team)<\/li>\n<li>Marco Palma, mapalma@tamu.edu, Texas A&amp;M University (Socioeconomics team)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/veggiepathology.wordpress.ncsu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lina Quesada-Ocampo<\/a>, <a href=\"mailto:lmquesad@ncsu.edu\">lmquesad@ncsu.edu<\/a>, North Carolina State University (Watermelon\u00a0and Extension teams)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wvstateu.edu\/Faculty\/UMESH-K-REDDY,-Ph-D.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Umesh Reddy<\/a>, <a href=\"mailto:ureddy@wvstateu.edu\">ureddy@wvstateu.edu<\/a>, West Virginia State University (Bioinformatics teams)<\/li>\n<li>Louis Ribera, Texas A&amp;M University (Socioeconomics team)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/horticultural-science\/people\/jonr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jonathan Schultheis<\/a>, <a href=\"mailto:jonathan_schultheis@ncsu.edu\">jonathan_schultheis@ncsu.edu<\/a>, North Carolina State University (Extension team)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pppmb.cals.cornell.edu\/people\/christine-smart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Christine Smart<\/a>, <a href=\"mailto:cds14@cornell.edu\">cds14@cornell.edu<\/a>, Cornell University (Squash\u00a0and Extension teams)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ars.usda.gov\/people-locations\/person\/?person-id=36667\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pat Wechter<\/a>, <a href=\"mailto:Pat.Wechter@ars.usda.gov\">Pat.Wechter@ars.usda.gov<\/a>, USDA-ARS, Charleston, SC (Watermelon, Melon, and Bioinformatics teams)<\/li>\n<li>Todd Wehner, <a href=\"mailto:tcwehner@gmail.com\">tcwehner@gmail.com<\/a>, North Carolina State University (Watermelon\u00a0and Cucumber teams)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wenglab.horticulture.wisc.edu\/people\/current-lab-members\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yiqun Weng<\/a>, <a href=\"mailto:yiqun.weng@ars.usda.gov\">Yiqun.weng@ars.usda.gov<\/a><strong>,<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:yiqun.weng@wisc.edu\">Yiqun.weng@wisc.edu<\/a>, USDA-ARS , University of Wisconsin (Cucumber and Bioinformatics teams)<\/li>\n<li>Linda Wessel-Beaver, lindawessel.beaver@upr.edu, University of Puerto Rico (Squash team)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ars.usda.gov\/people-locations\/person\/?person-id=6158\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bill Wintermantel<\/a>, <a href=\"mailto:Bill.Wintermantel@ars.usda.gov\">Bill.Wintermantel@ars.usda.gov<\/a>, USDA-ARS, Salinas, CA (Melon team)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>CucCAP Teams<\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"cucumber-team\">CucCAP Cucumber Team<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wenglab.horticulture.wisc.edu\/people\/current-lab-members\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yiqun Weng<\/a>\u00a0(Team Leader) &#8211; USDA-ARS , University of Wisconsin<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canr.msu.edu\/people\/dr_rebecca_grumet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rebecca Grumet<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Michigan State University<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.canr.msu.edu\/people\/mary_hausbeck\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mary Hausbeck<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Michigan State University<\/li>\n<li>Todd Wehner\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0North Carolina State University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"melon-team\">CucCAP Melon Team<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ars.usda.gov\/people-locations\/person\/?person-id=3717\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jim McCreight<\/a>\u00a0(Team Leader) &#8211; USDA-ARS, Salinas, CA<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ars.usda.gov\/people-locations\/person\/?person-id=38496\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shaker Kousik <\/a>&#8211;\u00a0USDA-ARS, Charleston, SC<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ars.usda.gov\/people-locations\/person\/?person-id=36667\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pat Wechter <\/a>&#8211;\u00a0USDA-ARS, Charleston, SC<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ars.usda.gov\/people-locations\/person\/?person-id=6158\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bill Wintermantel <\/a>&#8211;\u00a0USDA-ARS, Salinas, CA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"squash-team\">CucCAP Squash Team<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/hort.cals.cornell.edu\/people\/michael-mazourek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Mazourek<\/a>\u00a0(Team Leader) &#8211;\u00a0Cornell University<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.canr.msu.edu\/people\/mary_hausbeck\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mary Hausbeck<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Michigan State University<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uprm.edu\/p\/ciagro\/directorio_docente\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Angela M. Linares Ramirez<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 University of Puerto Rico<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pppmb.cals.cornell.edu\/people\/christine-smart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Christine Smart<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Cornell University<\/li>\n<li>Linda Wessel-Beaver\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0University of Puerto Rico<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"watermelon-team\">CucCAP Watermelon Team<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ars.usda.gov\/people-locations\/person\/?person-id=3326\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amnon Levi<\/a>\u00a0(Team Leader) &#8211; USDA-ARS, Charleston, SC<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ars.usda.gov\/people-locations\/person\/?person-id=38496\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shaker Kousik<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0USDA-ARS, Charleston, SC<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ars.usda.gov\/people-locations\/person\/?person-id=35610\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kai-Shu Ling<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0USDA-ARS, Charleston, SC<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.caes.uga.edu\/departments\/horticulture\/people\/faculty\/cecilia-mcgregor.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cecilia McGregor<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0University of Georgia<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/veggiepathology.wordpress.ncsu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lina Quesada-Ocampo<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0North Carolina State University<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ars.usda.gov\/people-locations\/person\/?person-id=36667\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pat Wechter<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0USDA-ARS, SC<\/li>\n<li>Todd Wehner\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0North Carolina State University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"genomics-team\">CucCAP Genomics &amp; Bioinformatics Team<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/btiscience.org\/explore-bti\/directory\/zhangjun-fei\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zhangjun Fei<\/a>\u00a0(Team Leader) &#8211; Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell University<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ars.usda.gov\/people-locations\/person\/?person-id=3326\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amnon Levi<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0USDA-ARS, Charleston, SC<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/hort.cals.cornell.edu\/people\/michael-mazourek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Mazourek<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Cornell University<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wvstateu.edu\/Faculty\/UMESH-K-REDDY,-Ph-D.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Umesh Reddy<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0West Virginia State University<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ars.usda.gov\/people-locations\/person\/?person-id=36667\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pat Wechter<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0USDA-ARS, Charleston, SC<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wenglab.horticulture.wisc.edu\/people\/current-lab-members\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yiqun Weng<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0USDA-ARS , University of Wisconsin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"socioeconomics-team\">CucCAP Socioeconomics\u00a0Team<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Marco Palma\u00a0(Team Leader) &#8211; Texas A&amp;M University<\/li>\n<li>Luis Ribera\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Texas A&amp;M University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"extension-team\">CucCAP Extension and Outreach Team<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/horticultural-science\/people\/jonr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jonathan Schultheis<\/a>\u00a0(Team Leader) &#8211; North Carolina State University<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/btiscience.org\/explore-bti\/directory\/zhangjun-fei\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zhangjun Fei<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell University<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.canr.msu.edu\/people\/mary_hausbeck\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mary Hausbeck<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Michigan State University<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uprm.edu\/p\/ciagro\/directorio_docente\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Angela M. Linares Ramirez<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; University of Puerto Rico<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ars.usda.gov\/people-locations\/person\/?person-id=3717\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jim McCreight<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; USDA-ARS, Salinas, CA<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/veggiepathology.wordpress.ncsu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lina Quesada-Ocampo<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0North Carolina State University<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pppmb.cals.cornell.edu\/people\/christine-smart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Christine Smart<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Cornell University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet the seven teams working on the CucCAP project from 2016 until 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[185],"tags":[497],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9728"}],"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=9728"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14469,"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9728\/revisions\/14469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/132.236.156.160\/cuccap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}