CGC48 (2026) Complete Report
Individual Reports:
Watermelon and related species (Citrullus spp.)
Citrulline and Arginine in Fruit Flesh of Citron (Citrullus amarus) Accessions. Penelope Perkins-Veazie, Guoying Ma, and Amnon Levi.
Melon (Cucumis melo)
Evaluation of Resistance to Moroccan Watermelon Mosaic Virus (MWMV) in a Melon Recombinant Inbred line (RIL) Population Derived from TGR-1551. Cynthia Estefanía Andrade-Cárdenas, Belén Picó, and Ana Pérez-de-Castro.
Breeding Program for the Introgression of Resistance to Viral and Fungal Diseases in Melon Landraces: Evaluation of Advanced Generations. Ana Pérez-de-Castro, Gorka Perpiñá, Laura Prósper, Irene García-Ortega, Ángela López-Gomis, and Belén Picó.
Assessment of Drought-Tolerant Citrullus Rootstocks for Watermelon Cultivation Under Full and Deficit Irrigation. Paula Galarza-Jiménez, Gorka Perpiñá, Eva María Martínez-Pérez, Lorena Bellver, Belén Picó and Ana Pérez-de-Castro.
Emended Diagnosis, Description, and Type Citation for Cucumis melo subsp. meloides, the Progenitor of the African Domestication of C. melo. Hanno Schaefer and Susanne S. Renner.
Cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
Optimizing Pickling Cucumber Multi-environment Trials for Current and Future Challenging Growing Conditions. Kashish Grover, Kajal Gupta, Todd C. Wehner, and Roberto Fritsche-Neto.
Squash, Pumpkins and Gourds (Cucurbita spp.)
Free-living Cucurbita pepo in Maryland. Ohad J. Paris and Harry S. Paris.
Other Cucurbit Species and Reports on Multiple Species
Sponge Gourd (Loofah, Luffa cylindrica) in Tunisia: An Underutilized Cucurbit Crop. Hela Chikh-Rouhou and Wahida Gondi.
Rhizosphere Microbiome Diversity and Breeding Relevance in Cucurbit Crops from Tunisia. Hela Chikh-Rouhou and Rania Aydi-Ben-Abdallah.
Fruits that Develop Underground in the Genus Cucumis and other Cucurbitaceae. Jean-Luc Gatard, Hanno Schaefer, and Susanne S. Renner.