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Related Information
- ECPGR Central Crop Databases (ECCDBs) for Cucurbits
- GEN RES CT98-108 - Management, conservation and valorization on genetic resources of C. melo and wild relatives
- International Cucurbit Genomics Initiative (ICuGI)
ECPGR Cucurbits Working Group
Chair: Maria Jose Diez Niclos
Vice Chair: Willem van Dooijeweert
Recent events
2011
A poster on the activities of the Working Group was presentated at the EUCARPIA genetic Resources Congress held in Wageningen, The Netherlands, in April 2011. 
[poster] (2.3 MB)
2010
The Institute for Plant Genetic Resources “K. Malkov” (IPGR), Sadovo, Bulgaria has concluded in December 2010 a safety-duplication arrangement of 1064 Cucurbit accessions (Cucumis sativus, Cucumis melo, Citrullus aedulis and Cucurbita pepo.
safety-duplication arrangement of 1064 Cucurbit accessions (Photos: © W.van Dooijeweert)
Working Group operative documents
- Cucurbits safety-duplication status (Appendix I, Report of the second meeting) [PDF] (79 KB)
- Working Group Project Proposal for Phase VIII [PDF] (29 KB)
- Progress Report Phase VII (2006-2008) [PDF] (83 KB)
- Workplan for Phase VIII (2010-2013) [PDF] (135 KB)
Other Working Group documents and publications
Documents developed by the Working Group.
Background information
In May 2000, in Vila Real, Portugal, the ECPGR Vegetables Network Coordinating Group recommended also extending collaborative activities to Solanaceae, Cucurbits and Leafy Vegetables and included these crops within the Network's mandate.
An Informal Cucurbits Working Group was formed to start collaboration on genetic resources of some Cucurbitaceae species, mainly cucumber, melons, watermelon, gourds, pumpkin, zucchini and other minor cultivated and wild Cucurbits. The proposal to establish a formal ECPGR Working Group on Cucurbits was approved by the ECPGR Steering Committee in October 2003.
Photo: © O.Myshkevich
