Outcrossing in Watermelons

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 10:66-68 (article 35) 1987 B.B. Rhodes Edisto Research and Education Center, Clemson University Blackville, SC 29817 W.C. Adamson USDA Southern Regional Plant Introduction Station Experiment, GA 30212 W.C. Bridges Department of Experimental Statistics Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0367 The minimum distance to prevent pollen transfer between watermelon plants is reported to […]

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Germplasm Resources of Citrullus lanatus [(Thunb.) Matsum and Nakai]

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 10:64-65 (article 34) 1987 F. Nuez, M.J. Díez, G. Palomares, C. Ferrando Departamento de Genética, Universidad Politécnica, Valencia, Spain J. Cuartero Finca Experimental “La Mayora”, Algarrobo-Costa, Malaga, Spain J. Costa C.R.I.A., La Alberca, Murcia, Spain During 1984 and 1985, a collection of vegetable crop species seeds was carried out in Spain. […]

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1987 Melon Reports

Report No. 10 Melon (Cucumis melo) Salt tolerance among Spanish cultivars of Cucumis melo G. Anastasio, G. Palomares, F. Nuez, M. S. Catala, and J. Costa (Spain) CGC 10:41-42 (1987) Improving artificial pollination techniques for muskmelon  M.V. Andres, J. Abadia, M.C. Hernandez-Pina, A. Alonso-Allende and F. Nuez (Spain) CGC 10:43-44 (1987) Multiple-flowering character in muskmelon (Cucumis […]

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Obtention of Embryos and Plants From In Vitro Culture of Fertilized Ovules of Cucumis melo 5 Days After Pollination

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 10:62-63 (article 33) 1987 A. Sauton INRA, Station d’Amèlioration des Plantes maraîchères, 84140 Montfavet, France In Cucurbitaceae, failure of interspecific hybridization may be due to an early abortion of the hybrid embryos (3). Young Cucumis embryos when they are extracted at globular or heart shape stages are sometimes able to continue […]

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Controversy on Resistance to Fusarium Wilt in ‘Perlita’ (Cucumis melo L.)

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 10:60-61 (article 32) 1987 G. Risser Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique 84140 Avignon-Montfavet, France In 1985, Zink and Gubler (3) reported that ‘Perlita’ resistance to Fusarium wilt (Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melonis) races 0 and 2 is conferred by a dominant gene Fom-3 different from the gene Fom-1 that controls […]

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Resistance to Cucumber Green Mottle Mosaic Virus (CGMMV) in Muskmelon

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 10:58-59 (article 31) 1987 L. Rajamony, T. A. More, and V. S. Seshadri Division of Vegetable Crops, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110012, India A. Varma Division of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110012, India A sap transmissible virus causing mild mosaic of muskmelon was identified as […]

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The Search for Sources of Resistance to Squash Mosaic Virus In Melon: A Preliminary Report

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 10:56-57 (article 30) 1987 R. Provvidenti Department of Plant Pathology, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell University, Geneva, NY 14456 M. A. Humphreys Vegetable Research Department, Harris Moran Seed Company, Rochester, NY 14624 In nature, squash mosaic virus (SqMV) is confined to Cucurbitaceae. Squash (Cucurbita spp.) and melons (Cucumis melo) […]

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Localization of genes v, ms-3, f, lmi and powdery mildew resistance in muskmelon

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 10:51-55 (article 29) 1987 M. Pitrat, C. Ferrière, M. Ricard Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique 84140 Avignon-Montfavet, France Until now 9 independent gene groups have been described in muskmelon. We continue to make systematic studies to improve our knowledge of melon genetics. The names and symbols of the genes used […]

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