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• R.L. Hassell, J. Schultheis, W.R.<br />

Jester, S.M. Olsen, D.N. Maynard<br />

and G. Miller. Clemson University,<br />

<strong>North</strong> Carolina State University and<br />

University of Florida. Yield and<br />

quality of mini triploid watermelon<br />

cultivars n diverse locations in the<br />

southeast.<br />

• W. Roberts, B. Bru<strong>to</strong>n, W. Fish and<br />

M. Taylor. Oklahoma State<br />

University and USDA-ARS. Effects<br />

of grafting on watermelon quality:<br />

year two.<br />

U.S. <strong>Cucurbit</strong> Crop Germplasm<br />

Committee Update<br />

J.D. McCreight, USDA-ARS, Salinas,<br />

California USA<br />

The <strong>Cucurbit</strong> Crop Germplasm Committee<br />

met <strong>with</strong> the <strong>Cucurbit</strong>aceae 2006 conference<br />

in Asheville, <strong>North</strong> Carolina at 5:30 pm on<br />

September 19. The committee developed a<br />

list of research priorities for cucumber. The<br />

next meeting will be <strong>with</strong> Pickle Packers<br />

International in Memphis, TN on Oc<strong>to</strong>ber 2-<br />

4, 2007.<br />

Upcoming Meetings of Interest <strong>to</strong><br />

<strong>Cucurbit</strong> Researchers<br />

<strong>Cucurbit</strong> Crop Germplasm Committee<br />

10 am, 19 July 2007, Westin-Kierland Hotel,<br />

Scottsdale, AZ, <strong>with</strong> the annual meeting of<br />

the American Society for Horticultural<br />

Science, James D. McCreight, USDA-ARS,<br />

Salinas, CA USA, Tel: 408-755-2864; Fax:<br />

408-755-2866<br />

http://www.ars-grin.gov/npgs/cgclist.html<br />

<strong>Cucurbit</strong> Genetics Cooperative<br />

9 am, 16 July 2007, Westin-Kierland Hotel,<br />

Scottsdale, AZ, <strong>with</strong> the annual meeting of<br />

the American Society for Horticultural<br />

Science, Todd C. Wehner, <strong>North</strong> Carolina<br />

State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7609,<br />

Tel: 919-515-5363; Fax: 919-515-2505<br />

http://cuke.hort.ncsu.edu/cgc/index.html<br />

ix<br />

National Melon Research Group<br />

21-24 May, 2008, Avignon, France, <strong>with</strong><br />

EUCARPIA-<strong>Cucurbit</strong>aceae, James D.<br />

McCreight, USDA-ARS, Salinas, CA USA<br />

Tel: 408-755-2864; Fax: 408-755-2866<br />

Pickling Cucumber Improvement<br />

Committee<br />

21-24 May, 2008, Avignon, France, <strong>with</strong><br />

EUCARPIA-<strong>Cucurbit</strong>aceae, Nischit V.<br />

Shetty, Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Tif<strong>to</strong>n,<br />

GA 31793 USA, Tel: 229-386-8701; Fax:<br />

229-386-8805<br />

<strong>Cucurbit</strong>a Research Group<br />

21-24 May, 2008, Avignon, France, <strong>with</strong><br />

EUCARPIA-<strong>Cucurbit</strong>aceae, Gabriele<br />

Gusmini, Syngenta Seeds, Naples, FL 34114<br />

USA, Tel: 239-775-4090; Fax: 239-774-<br />

6852<br />

http://cuke.hort.ncsu.edu/cgc/cgccucurbita/c<br />

gccucurbitamain.html<br />

Watermelon Research Group<br />

4 February 2007, Mobile, Alabama, <strong>with</strong><br />

American Society for Horticultural Science,<br />

southern region. Benny Bru<strong>to</strong>n, USDA-ARS,<br />

Lane OK 74555 USA, Tel: 580-889-7395<br />

http://cuke.hort.ncsu.edu/cgc/wrg/wrgmain.h<br />

tml<br />

EUCARPIA-<strong>Cucurbit</strong>aceae 2008<br />

Under the aegis of EUCARPIA, the next<br />

meeting on Genetics and <strong>Breeding</strong> of<br />

<strong>Cucurbit</strong>aceae will be organized by INRA. It<br />

will be held in Avignon in the south of<br />

France on 21-24 May 2008. EUCARPIA-<br />

<strong>Cucurbit</strong>aceae 2008 intends <strong>to</strong> bring<br />

<strong>to</strong>gether all the researchers involved in<br />

cucurbit genetics and breeding <strong>to</strong> share new<br />

developments in all aspects of genetic<br />

resources, genetics and breeding, genomics<br />

and biotechnology. For more information,<br />

see http://www.inra.fr/cucurbitaceae2008

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