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ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Gerald J. Holmes, Chair, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina Jonathan R. Schultheis, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina Todd C. Wehner, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE & EDITORIAL BOARD Angela Davis, USDA-ARS, Lane, Oklahoma, USA Maria Luisa Gomez-Guillamon, Experiment Station ‘La Mayora’, Malaga, SPAIN Elzbieta Kozik, Research Institute of Vegetable Crops, Skierniewice, POLAND Ales Lebeda, Palacky University, Olomouc, CZECH REPUBLIC Donald Maynard, University of Florida, Bradenton, Florida, USA James McCreight, USDA-ARS, Salinas, California, USA Ray Martyn, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA Harry Paris, Newe Ya’ar Research Center, Ramat Yishay, ISRAEL Gordon Rogers, University of Sydney, AUSTRALIA Michel Pitrat, INRA, Montfavet cedex, FRANCE Susan Webb, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA Xingping Zhang, Syngenta Seeds, Woodland, California, USA SPONSORS Diamond Silver Helena Chemical Bayer CropScience Seminis Vegetable Seed Cerexagri-Nissco Syngenta Chemtura Corporation Dow AgroSciences Hendrix and Dail, Inc. Hollar Seeds North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Valent BioSciences Willhite Seed Inc. Gold Bronze Abbott & Cobb, Inc. Addis Cates Company, Inc. DuPont Clifton Seed Company Harris Moran FMC Corporation Mt. Olive Pickle Company Nat’l Watermelon Promotion Board Nunhems North Carolina Watermelon Assoc. Sakata Seed USA North Carolina Pickle Producers Association ORO Agri Pickle Packers International, Inc. Rupp Seeds, Inc. UAP Carolinas Xenacom PREFACE n behalf of the organizing committee of Cucurbitaceae 2006, I welcome you to Asheville, North Carolina for the 9th biennial O gathering of cucurbitologists. This tradition began in 1989 with Claude Thomas hosting the first conference in South Carolina, U.S.A. Poland hosted the meeting in 1992. Since then the conference has alternated between countries on both sides of the Atlantic in even- numbered years: Texas (1994), Spain (1996), California (1998), Israel (2000), Florida (2002), and the Czech Republic (2004). We are pleased to continue this rich tradition by hosting Cucurbitaceae 2006 in the mountains of western North Carolina at the lovely Grove Park Inn, Resort and Spa in Asheville. Many people have contributed to the planning and execution of this conference. I am especially grateful to the organizing committee for assistance in planning all aspects of the conference and to the scientific committee for their prompt and careful editing of these proceedings. These committees are also responsible for selecting the three recipients of the Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding contributions to the Cucurbitaceae. The Cucurbitaceae 2006 awardees are Harry Paris (breeding and genetics), Michel Pitrat (plant pathology) and Donald Maynard (crop production). Special thanks to Jane Dove Long of the Plant Pathology Department at NC State University for her tireless efforts and attention to detail in coordinating and executing the endless tasks, big and small, that make a conference successful. These proceedings contain 81 contributed papers from 236 authors in 12 countries and 16 states within the U.S.A. and span the areas of research typical of any major horticultural crop. Special thanks go to Carolyn Currie for editing each manuscript, communicating with authors all over the world and especially for formatting the final document for printing. Lastly, I want to recognize the gracious support of our sponsors. Without their contributions, the cost of this conference would be much higher for every participant. Please take a moment to thank them for their generous support. On behalf of the Organizing Committee, we welcome you to Cucurbitaceae 2006 and look forward to a lively exchange of new ideas and discoveries in the Cucurbitaceae. GERALD J. HOLMES, CHAIR Cucurbitaceae 2006 Organizing Committee AUTHOR INDEX Adkins, S. ............................. 309 DeNicco, A. ........................... 301 Akashi, Y. .................... 317, 372 Dittmar, P. J. .......................... 241 Alarcón, A. L. ...................... 146 Dogimont, C. ............................ 89 Álvarez, J. M. ....................... 146 Dolan, K. ................................ 585 Ando, K. ............................... 347 Du, D. ..................................... 301 Andres, T. C. ................ 326, 333 Aranda, M. ................... 180, 186 Eduardo, I. ............................. 553 Arús, P. .........146, 180, 186, 553 Eubanks, M. D. .............. 146, 492 Azulay, Y. .............................. 31 Fergany, M. .............................. 89 Babadoost, M. ...................... 507 Fernández-Trujillo, J. P. 146, 553 Baker, C. A. ......................... 309 Fish, W. ...................... 1, 277, 545 Bar, E. .................................... 31 Fujita, M. ................................. 14 Bascur, G. .............................. 65 Fukino, N. ................................ 95 Becker, J. O. ......................... 395 Fukunaga, K. .......................... 372 Becker, J. S. ......................... 395 Bendahmane, A. ..................... 89 Gajdová, J. ................................. 9 Benyamini, Y. ........................ 31 Gałecka, T. ................................515 Besombes, D. ......................... 89 García-Mas, J. ................ 180, 186 Blanca, J. ...................... 180, 186 Garrido, D. ............................. 171 Boualem, A. ........................... 89 Garza-Ortega, S. .................... 560 Bruton, B. ............................. 277 Gasmanová, N. ......................... 51 Buckley, R. .......................... 539 Gevens, A. J. .......................... 427 Burger, Y. .............................. 31 Giovinazzo, N. ......................... 89 Bustamente, R. ..................... 333 Glala, A. ................................. 158 Gómez, P. ............................... 171 Caboche, M. ........................... 89 Gómez-Guillamón, M. L. 100, 108 Caño, A. ............................... 180 Gong, G. ......................... 133, 212 Cantliffe, D. J. ...................... 483 González, D. .................. 180, 186 Cavanagh, A. ........................ 232 González, M. .................. 180, 186 Chen, Q-J. ............................ 220 González, V. .......................... 180 Chou, T. T. ........................... 317 González-Román, M. ............. 206 Chung, S. M. ........................ 197 Grajeda-García, L. F. ............. 560 Collins, J. K. Grumet, R. ....................... 39, 387 ...............545, 578, 585, 591, 597 Guner, N. ............................... 468 Colucci, S. J. ........................ 403 Guo, S. ................................... 212 Cortright, B. ......................... 427 Cothran, A. ........................... 286 Haider, M. S. .......................... 527 Cowgill, W. .......................... 539 Hammar, S. .............................. 39 Crosby, K. .........23, 70, 153, 165 Harp, T. L. ............................. 421 Cui, C. .................................. 133 Hassell, R. L. .......................... 591 Hausbeck, M. K. .................... 427 Dalmais, M. ............................ 89 Hazzard, R. ............................ 232 Dane, F. ............................ 48, 78 He, N. ..................................... 296 Datnoff, L. E. ......................... 43 Heckman, J. R. ....................... 539 Daunay, M.-C. ............. 235, 363 Henninger, M. R. ........... 116, 539 Davis, A. .......125, 258, 412, 545 Heredia, A. ............................. 108 Deleu, W. ............................. 180 Hernandez, A. ........................ 125 Hofer, D. ...............................395 McGrath, M. T. ...................... 473 Holmes, G. J. ........................403 Miller, M. ................................. 23 Holmstrom, K. E. ..................539 Miranda, C. ............................ 553 Hopkins, D. L. ......................436 Mitchell, J. M. ........................... 483 Hossain, M. D. ........................14 Monforte, A. ...........146, 180, 553 Huber, D. J. ...........................578 Monks, D. W. ........................ 241 Morton, H. V. ........................ 395 Ibdah, M. ................................31 Murphy, J. F. ......................... 492 Infante-Casella, M. L. ...116, 539 Napier, A. B. .......................... 153 Jamilena, M. .........................171 Navrátilová, B. ..................... 9, 51 Janick, J. .......341, 349, 358, 363 Niemirowicz-Szczytt, K. .......... 515 Jester, B. ...............................591 Nishida, H. ......................317, 372 Jett, L. W. .............................249 Nitzsche, P. J. ........................ 539 Jifon, J. ...................................23 Nuez, F. ..........................180, 186 Jullian, E. ..............................358 Obando, J. .......................146, 553 Kato, K. ........................317, 372 Ohara, T. ...........................95, 193 Katzir, N. ........................31, 125 Olson, S. ................................ 591 Khaing, M. T. ...............317, 372 Omran, S. ............................... 158 King, S. .........................125, 258 Özdemir, Z. ............................ 498 Kline, W. L. ..........................539 Kołakowska, G. .......................515 Paris, H. S. ......341, 349, 358, 363 Korzeniewska, A. ....................515 Park, S. O. .......................153,