Cucurbit Powdery Mildew Population Virulence Variation – a Complex View from a Global Perspective

Cucurbit powdery mildew (CPM) is mainly caused by two obligate ectoparasites, Golovinomyces orontii s.l. (Go) and Podosphaera xanthii (Px), that are highly variable in virulence. Various independent systems of CPM race determination and denomination have been used in recent decades. We recently developed new tools to enhance research of CPM virulence variation. Diversity models were […]

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Melon Trait and Germplasm Resources Survey 2011

James D. McCreight United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Agricultural Research Station, 1636 E. Alisal St., Salinas, CA 93905 The Cucurbit Crop Germplasm Committee (CCGC), which operates under the auspices of the USDA-ARS National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS), is composed of ARS, university and industry scientists, and provides guidance to NPGS on […]

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Podosphaera xanthii but not Golovinomyces cichoracearum infects Cucurbits in a Greenhouse at Salinas, California

Cosme Bojorques Ramos Karunakaran Maruthachalam, James D. McCreight Raymundo S. Garcia Estrada Traditionally, Erysiphe cichoracearum (now Golovinomyces cichoracearum) and Podosphaera xanthii, formerly Sphaerotheca fuliginea, have been reported as the causal agents of cucurbit powdery mildew (CPM) (2, 10). These two fungal species have often been misidentified (12), due to similarities in their anamorphic characteristics and […]

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2011 Gene List for Melon

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 33 – 34  (2010-2011) by Catherine Dogimont, Michel Pitrat and James D. McCreight Centre de Recherches Agronomiques de Avignon, Stat. d’Amerlior. des Plantes Mar. Domaine St. Maurice, Montfavet 84140 France USDA-ARS, Research Station, 1636 East Alisal St., Salinas, CA 93905-3018 USA Gene lists of melon have been published previously, the last […]

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Screening of Melons for Silverleaf Whitefly Resistance: 1994

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 18:45-47 (article 22) 1995 James D. McCreight U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Agricultural Research Station, 1636 East Alisal Street, Salinas, CA 93905 Sweetpotato whitefly, Bemisa tabaci Genn. (SPWF) B strain, virtually destroyed the Fall 1991 melon crop in the lower desert valleys of Arizona and California (8). This […]

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Screening of Melons for Sweetpotato Whitefly Resistance: 1993

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 17:83-85 (article 24) 1994 James D. McCreight U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Agricultural Research Station, 1636 East Alisal Street, Salinas, CA 93905, USA Sweetpotato whitefly, Bemisa tabaci Genn., type B virtually destroyed the Fall 1991 melon crop in the lower desert valleys of Arizona and California (7). It […]

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Screening of Melons for Sweetpotato Whitefly Resistance: 1992

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 16:49-52 (article 18) 1993 James D. McCreight U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Reesearch Service, U.S. Agricultural Research Station, 1636 East Alisal Street Salinas, CA 93905, USA Sweetpotato whitefly, Bemisa tabaci Genn. (SPWF) B strain virtually destroyed the Fall 1991 melon crop in the lower desert valleys of Arizona and California (4). […]

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Club Mildew: Working Group on Resistance of Melon to Powdery Mildew

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 16:39 (article 13) 1993 James D. McCreight, Michel Pitrat U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Agricultural Research Station, 1636 East Alisal Street, Salinas, CA 93905, USA; Station d’Amelioration des Plantes Maraicheres, I.N.R.A., BP 94, 84143 Montfavet Cedex, FRANCE Determinations of races of powdery mildew and resistance genes in melon […]

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Cucumis Germplasm: 1992 Collection Expedition in India

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 16:35-36 (article 11) 1993 J.D. McCreight, J.E. Staub, N.M. Koppar and U. Ch. Srivastava U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Agricultural Research Station, 1636 East Alisal Street, Salinas, CA 93905, USA; U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA; National […]

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