Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative

Cucurbit-Related Conferences

The Cucurbitaceae conferences are held every other year, alternating between Europe (as EUCARPIA conferences) and the U.S. The most recent U.S. conferences were at Cornell University, New York (1980), Charleston, South Carolina (1989), South Padre Island, Texas (1994), Asilomar, California (1998), Naples, Florida (2002), and Asheville, North Carolina (2006). The most recent EUCARPIA-Cucurbitaceae conferences were in France (1988), Poland (1992), Spain (1996), Israel (2000), the Czech Republic (2004), and Avignon, France (2008).

In addition, there are other cucurbit conferences such as the International ISHS Symposium on Cucurbits in Turkey (1997), Japan (2001), Australia (2005) and China (2009), and the 1st International Oil Pumpkin Conference in Austria (1999).

• Cucurbitaceae 2010 (Charleston, South Carolina) - 2010
• ISHS Cucurbit Conference (China) - 2009
• EUCARPIA Cucurbitaceae 2008 (France) - 2008
• Cucurbitaceae 2006 (Asheville, North Carolina) - 2006
• ISHS Cucurbit Conference (Australia) - 2005
• EUCARPIA Cucurbitaceae 2004 (Czech Republic) - 2004
• Cucurbitaceae 2002 (Naples, Florida) - 2002
• 2nd ISHS International Symposium on Cucurbitaceae (Japan) - September/October, 2001
• Cucurbitaceae 2000/EUCARPIA VII (Israel) - 2000
• 1st International Oil Pumpkin Conference (Austria) - 1999
• Cucurbitaceae '98 (Asilomar, California) - 1998
• 1st ISHS International Symposium on Cucurbits (Adana, Turkey) - 1997
• Cucurbitaceae '96/EUCARPIA VI (Málaga, Spain) - 1996
• Cucurbitaceae '94 (South Padre Island, Texas) - 1994