Cantaloupe: Breeding for resistance to Mycosphaerella citrullina, Meloidogyne incognita acrita and Diaphania nitidalis

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 1:19 (article 19) 1978 J. D. Norton Auburn University Agricultural Experiment Station, Auburn, AL 36830 Multiple disease resistance, including resistance to M. citrullina has proven to be adequate for high yields of excellent quality fruit for ad-advanced breeding lines and released varieties. The Hollar and Company, Inc., Rocky Ford, Colorado, has exclusive right […]

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Regulation of Sex Expression in Gynomonoecious Muskmelon for Hybrid Seed Production

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 1:18 (article 18) 1978 J. B. Loy University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824 Several approaches for obtaining hybrid seed in muskmelon without hand pollination have been suggested, but all the methods to date have serious limitations. It has been difficult to obtain stable, true-breeding lines of gynoecious muskmelon, and until […]

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Dwarf Cantaloupe Breeding

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 1:17 (article 16) 1978 L. H. Halsey University of Florida, Gainesville, Fl 32601 Numerous short-internode lines of Cucumis melo have been developed. The plants posses partial resistance to powdery mildew, Erysiphe cichoracearum and high level of resistance to Alternaria blight, Alternaria cucumerina. The dwarf character was derived from an acquisition obtained from J. L. Bowers, Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, […]

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1978 Resolution and Notes

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 1:ii-iiii Introduction 1978 Resolution and notes of organization meeting, October 28, 1976, Denver Hilton, Denver, Colorado, U.S.A. The following resolution was adopted by research workers interested in organizing a Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative: The Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative is organized to develop and advance the genetics of economically important cucurbits. Membership to this […]

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1978 Other Cucurbit Genera and Species

1978 Report No. 1 Other Genera and Species Dormancy of Cucumis species C. Heit, R.W. Robinson and W. Mishanec (USA) CGC 1:36-37 (1978) White fly resistance in Cucumis species E.Kowalewski and R.W. Robinson (USA) CGC 1:38 (1978) Interspecific crosses of Cucumis species J.D. Norton (USA) CGC 1:39 (1978) Comparative electrophoresis of isozymes of Cucumis species J.T. Puchalski, R.W. Robinson and J.W. Shail (USA) […]

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1978 Squash and Pumpkin Reports

Report No. 1 Squash and Pumpkin (Cucurbita spp.) The versatility of the feral buffalo gourd, Cucurbita foetidissima HBK W.P. Bemis (USA) CGC 1:25 (1978) Multiple virus resistance in Cucurbita species R. Provvidenti, R.W. Robinson and H.M. Munger (USA) CGC 1:26-27 (1978) Comparative electrophoretic analysis of isozymes in Cucurbita species J.R. Puchalski and R.W Robinson (Poland & USA) CGC 1:28 (1978) Genetic variation […]

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1978 Watermelon Reports

Report No. 1 Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) Potential uses of micropropagation for cucurbits  L.R. Barnes, F.D. Cochran, R.L. Mott and W.R. Henderson (USA) CGC 1:21-22 (1978) A watermelon bulk population with resistance to cucumber beetles O.L. Chambliss and J.D. Norton (USA) CGC 1:23 (1978) Watermelon: Breeding for resistance to Mycosphaeralla citrullina and Colletotrichum lagenarium J.D. Norton (USA) CGC 1:24 […]

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