Planting cantaloupe (IMAGE) Purdue University Caption Summer workers Tucker Martin and Grace Holmes plant cantaloupe plots at Southwest Purdue Agricultural Center. These plots will be used to determine potential routes of bacterial contamination at various stages of crop development. Credit S. Monroe Usage Restrictions News organizations may use this image in reports about the work of Purdue University's Amanda Deering and her collaborators. License Original content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.