Improving Artificial Pollination Techniques for Muskmelon

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 10:43-44 (article 25) 1987 M.V. Andrés, J. Abadía, M.C. Hernández-Pina, and A. Alonso-Allende Centro de Edafologia y Biologia Aplicada del Segura, C.S.I.C. Murcia, Spain F. Nuez Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain The combination of mechanical techniques of stamen removal and pollination with the growth regulator BA (6-Benzyladenine), increases fruit set in […]

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1987 Cucumber Reports

Report No. 10 Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) Sources of combined resistance to powdery mildew and Corynespora leafspot in cucumber Henry M. Munger and David P. Lane (USA) CGC 10:1 (1987) Comparison of fruit-set concentration of pickling cucumbers under greenhouse and field conditions Haim Nerson, Harry S. Paris, Zvi Karchi, Anneke Govers, Menahem Edelstein and Yosef Burger (Israel) CGC […]

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Pollen Mother Cell Meiosis in the Haploid of Cucumis ficifolius A. Rich

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 10:37-38 (article 22) 1987 L. Zagorcheva, M. Alexandrova and C. Kichukova Maritsa Vegetable Crops Research Institute, Plovdiv, Bulgaria Haploid forms in the genus Cucumis ficifolius have not been reported previously in the literature. Tetraploid (2n=48) (1,2) and hexaploid (2n=72) forms (1) have been established. With C. ficifolius (2n=24) autonomous apomictic propagation […]

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Autonomous Apomictic Propagation of Cucumis ficifolius A. Rich and C. anguria L.

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 10:35-36 (article 21) 1987 L. Zagorcheva Maritsa Vegetable Crops Research Institute, Plovdiv, Bulgaria The incompatibility barrier of C. ficifolius with C. sativus was studied in 1985 under greenhouse conditions. Treatments included sib- and self- pollination and unpollinated female flowers to check apomictic seed production (Table 1.). The reason for this check […]

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Inheritance of Littleleaf and Multi-branched Plant Type in Cucumber

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 10:33-34 (article 20) 1987 Todd C. Wehner Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7609 Jack E. Staub and Clinton E. Peterson Department of Horticulture, U.S.D.A., University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 Little-leaf is a plant type discovered in an inbred selection in Arkansas. Goode et al. (1) […]

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A Seedling Test for Resistance of Cucumber Lines to Fruit Rot Caused by Rhizoctonia solani

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 10:31-32 (article 19) 1987 Todd C. Wehner Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7609 Mary Palmer U.S. Department of Agriculture, A.R.S., University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 This research was supported by a grant from Vlasic Foods, Inc. Fruit rot caused by Rhizoctonia solani Kuhn. is one […]

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