Report No. 3 Other Genera and Species Reciprocal crosses between Cucumis africanus L.f. and C. metuliferus Naud. II. Embryo development in vivo and in vitro J.B.M. Custers and G. van Ee (The Netherlands) CGC 3:50-51 (1980) In vivo pollen tube growth as a measure of interspecific-incongruity in Cucumis L. Y.O. Kho, A.P.M. den Nijs and J. Franken (The Netherlands) CGC 3:52-54 (1980) Problems with the […]
Month: July 1980
Inheritance of a Pale Seedling Character in Citrullus lanatus
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 3:39-40 (article 22) 1980 B. B. Rhodes Edisto Experiment Station, Blackville, SC 29817 The pale seedling character in watermelon was as described previously (1). On first examination, the character appeared to be associated with resistance to race 2 anthracnose (AR2). In 1979 the inheritance of this character and its relationship to […]
An Additional Seed Length Class in Watermelon
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 3:38 (article 21) 1980 B. B. Rhodes Edisto Experiment Station, Blackville, SC 29817 Poole, Grimball and Porter (1) reported digenic control of seed length in watermelon. A ratio of 9 medium (10 mm mean length): 3 long (13 mm mean length) : 4 short (6 mm mean length) was reported. The […]
1980 Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Membership Directory
Adams, H. Northrup, King and Company, Post Office Box 1406, Woodland, CA 95695. Breeding commercial cultivars. Adeniji, A. A. University of Nebraska, Department of Horticulture, Lincoln, NE 68583. Angell, F. A. L. Castle, Inc., Post Office Box 279, Hollister, CA 95023. Cucumbers, squash, melons – breeding, genetics, variety development. Asgrow Seed Co., P. O. Box […]
“Divided Leaf”, a Recessive Seedling Marker in Cucumber
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 3:24 (article 13) 1980 A.P.M. den Nijs and H.O. Mackiewicz Institute for Horticultural Plant Breeding, Wageningen, The Netherlands (first author); Department of Genetics, Research Institute of Vegetable Crops, Reguly, Poland (second author) A leaf mutant was obtained by Mackiewicz following ethylenimine treatment of several Polish pickling cucumber cultivars. The character seemed […]
Induction of Perfect Flowers on Gynoecious Muskmelon by Silver Nitrate and Aminoethoxyvinylglycine
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 3:35-36 (article 20) 1980 K. W. Owens, C. E. Peterson and G. E. Tolla University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 (first and second authors); Campbell Institute of Agricultural Research, Napoleon, OH 43545 (third author) Recently, several hormones have been found to induce staminate flowers on gynoecious cucumber: silver nitrate (AgNO3) (1, […]
Embryo Culture of Cucumis Species
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 3:34 (article 19) 1980 J. D. Norton Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36830 Due to embryo abortion in greenhouse crosses, embryo culture was utilized to produce plants from the Cucumis metuliferus x C. melo cross. Although fruit appeared to develop normally in the C. anguria x C. melocross, the embryos aborted before the fruit matured. Plants of C. melo (PI 140471) […]
The Effect of Fruit Size on Various Fruit Quality Characteristics
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 3:15-16 (article 9) 1980 J. Mather and R. L. Lower University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 Fruit firmness is an important factor in assessing the quality of pickling cucumbers. The most frequent measurement of fruit firmness is pounds of pressure as determined by a Magness Taylor Fruit firmness is pounds of […]
The Identity of Genes for Glabrousness in Cucumis sativus L.
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 3:14 (article 8) 1980 H. Inggamer and O.M.B. de Ponti Institute for Horticultural Plant Breeding, Wageningen, The Netherlands The occurrence of glabrous cucumber has been reported from the USSR and the USA. In the USSR the cucumbers in question are the spontaneous mutants Odnostebelnyi 33 and Mayak 422, which were found at […]
Vegetable Improvement Newsletter No. 22
February 1980 Compiled by H.M. Munger, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 1. Some Germplasm of Rheum rhaponticum and Related Species David W. Davis Dept. of Horticultural Science and Landscape Architecture, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108 The University of Minnesota has for many years maintained a sizeable collection of rhubarb types brought together by the late […]