International Cucurbit Genomics Initiative (ICuGI)

Objectives

  1. Functional Genomics: sequencing of 100,000 ESTs from different melon genotypes and tissues.
  2. Mapping: merging the existing melon genetic maps using SSRs as anchor markers.
  3. Bioinformatics: development of a webpage for the ICuGI, where certain genomic tools would be available for the cucurbit research community.

 

Steering Committee

Name Institute e-mail
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 e-mail
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 e-mail
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

De Ruiter Seeds R&D B.V. Gautier Semences, S.A. Enza Zaden Research & Development B.V.
Nunhems B.V. Sakata Seed America, Inc. Rijk Zwaan Zaadteelt en Zaadhandel BV
SEMILLAS FITO, S.A. SEMINIS VEGETABLE SEEDS, INC. Syngenta Seeds B.V.
TAKII & Company, Limited Vilmorin & Cie, S.A. Zeraim Gedera LTD.
SNC Laboratoire A.S.L.