Vegetable Breeding, Genetics & Genomics: June 2018

Jun 29, 2018

Summer Twilight Field Day

Twilight field day at the Durham Horticulture Farm in Watkinsville. We were excited to tell everybody about watermelon. Thanks to all who who came by and talked to us.

Jun 14, 2018

Jun 13, 2018

Congratulations to Lucky Paudel for successfully defending his M.S. thesis entitled "Refining the Egusi Locus and Mapping of Seed Coat Color Genes in Watermelon". Lucky did a great job and we are all very proud of him!

Jun 8, 2018

Dr. McGregor teaches at University of Padua

Dr. McGregor spent April and May teaching Plant Breeding at The University of Padua in Italy as part of the dual master's degree program in Crop and Soil Sciences (Sustainable Agriculture).

Friday Lab Group 1

Friday Lab Group 2

And a beautiful agarose gel! Well done.

End of semester drinks

About the Lab

Our research program focuses on developing molecular tools for watermelon and integrating these tools into our breeding program. Thus we strive to bridge the gap between basic genomic research and applied cultivar development.

Our current research projects endeavor to identify loci and genes associated with important fruit, seed, flower and disease resistance traits in watermelon.

Participants in our research group gain experience in field, greenhouse and laboratory research as well as genomic analysis and bioinformatics. The majority of research is carried out by graduate and undergraduate students, as well as high school students through the Young Scholars Internship Program.

Vegetable Breeding, Genetics & Genomics