Objectives
- Functional Genomics: sequencing of 100,000 ESTs from different melon genotypes and tissues.
- Mapping: merging the existing melon genetic maps using SSRs as anchor markers.
- Bioinformatics: development of a webpage for the ICuGI, where certain genomic tools would be available for the cucurbit research community.
Steering Committee
| Name | Institute | |
|---|---|---|
| Pere Puigdomenech | Consorci Laboratori CSIC-IRTA de Genetica Molecular Vegetal, Spain | pprgmp@cid.csic.es |
| Nurit Katzir | Agricultural Research Organization, Newe Ya'ar Research Center, Israel | katzirn@volcani.agri.gov.il |
| Michel Pitrat | INRA, Unite de Genetique et Amelioration des Plantes, France | michel.pitrat@avignon.inra.fr |
| Amnon Levi | USDA, ARS, U.S. Vegetable Laboratory | Amnon.Levi@ars.usda.gov |
| Hiroshi Ezura | Gene Research Center, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sceinces, University of Tsukuba, Japan | ezura@gene.tsukuba.ac.jp |
| Yong Xu | National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, China | xuyong@nercv.org |
| Jordi Garcia-Mas | Consorci Laboratori CSIC-IRTA de Genetica Molecular Vegetal, Spain | jordi.garcia@irta.es |
ICuGI participant labs
| laboratory | Institute | |
|---|---|---|
| Christian Clepet | INRA, Unite de Recherche en Genomique Vegetale, France | clepet@evry.inra.fr |
| Tarek Joobeur | Ohio State University, USA | joobeur.1@osu.edu |
| Nurit Katzir | ARO, Israel | katzirn@volcani.agri.gov.il |
| Michel Pitrat | INRA, France | michel.pitrat@avignon.inra.fr |
| Nobuko Fukino | National Institue of Vegetable Tea and Science, Japan | nbk@affrc.go.jp |
| Antonio Monforte | IBMCP, UPV-CSIC, Spain | amonforte@ibmcp.upv.es |
| Yong Xu | NERCV, China | xuyong@nercv.org |
| Jack Staub | USDA, USA | jestaub@facstaff.wisc.edu |
| Ron Ophir | Volcani Center, Israel | ron@volcani.agri.gov.il |
| Jose Blanca | Universidad Politecnica de Valencis, Spain | jblanca@btc.upv.es |
| James Giovannoni | USDA-ARS, Cornell Campus, USA | jjg33@cornell.edu |
| Zhangjun Fei | USDA-ARS, Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell University, USA | zf25@cornell.edu |
| Ramon Dolcet | Consorci Laboratori CSIC-IRTA de Genetica Molecular Vegetal, Spain | |
| Ana Cano-Delgado | Consorci Laboratori CSIC-IRTA de Genetica Molecular Vegetal, Spain | ana.cano@irta.es |
Other participant labs
| laboratory | Institute | |
|---|---|---|
| Amnon Levi | USDA, ARS, U.S. Vegetable Laboratory, Charleston, SC | Amnon.Levi@ars.usda.gov |
| Rebecca Grumet | Michigan State University, USA | grumet@msu.edu |
| Angela Davies | USDA-ARS, Lane, OK, USA | adavis-usda@lane-ag.org |
| Patrick Wechter | USDA, ARS, U.S. Vegetable Laboratory, Charleston, SC | Pat.Wechter@ars.usda.gov |
| Shmulik Wolf | Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel |
Support