Collecting Cucumis melo L. in Spain

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 11:54-56 (article 23) 1988 F. Nuez, C. Ferrando and M.J. Diez Departmento de Biotecnologia. U. Politecnica, Valencia, Spain. J. Costa and M.S. Catala C.R.I,A. La Alberca. Murcia, Spain J. Cuartero and M.L. Gomez-Guillamon Finca Experimental “La Mayora”. C.S.I.C. Malaga, Spain During 1984 and 1985 a collection of Cucumis melo L. was […]

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Resistance to Yellowing Disease in Wild Relatives of Muskmelon

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 11:52-53 (article 22) 1988 J. Estava and F. Nuez Departmento de Tiotecnolia. Universidad Politecnica, Valencia, Spain J. Cuartero Finca experimental “La Mayora”, Algarrobo-Costa, Malaga, Spain Cultivation of greenhouse muskmelon on the south east coast of Spain is being seriously affected by a yellowing disease which might be related to others described […]

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Resistance to Aphis gossypii in Spanish Melon (Cucumis melo)

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 11:50-51 (article 21) 1988 M. Pitrat, C. Maestro, C. Ferriere, M. Ricard Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, BP 94, 84140, Montfavet, France J. Alvarez Servicio de Investigcion Agraria, D.G.A. Apartado 727, 50080, Zaragoza, Spain Resistance to the melon aphid Aphis gossypii has been described i muskmelon lines from India and […]

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Reaction of Muskmelon Genotypes to Races 1 and 2 of Sphaerotheca fuliginea in Israel.

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 11:47-49 (article 20) 1988 Yigal Cohen and Helena Eyal Department of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan Israel 52100 Races 1 and 2 of Sphaerotheca fuliginea (Schlecht. ex. Fr.) Poll. cause powdery mildew on cucurbits in Israel (5). Race 3 was not reported in the country. Race 1 predominates in the winter […]

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A simple procedure and the genetic potential for footing of stem cuttings in muskmelon.

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 1143-46: (article 19) 1988 I.A. Khan, L.F. Lippert, M.O. Hall and G.E. Jones Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside CA 95251, USA Annual crops in which fruits are the important economic product offer particular challenges to the plant breeder for selection and generation advance. At the point […]

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The X-ray Detection of Haploid Embryos Arisen in Muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.) Seeds, and Resulting from a Parthenogenetic Development Induced by Irradiated Pollen

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 11:39-42 (article 18) 1988 F. Savin Ecole Nationale Supeieure d’Horticulture de Versailles, France. V. Decombie, M. Le Couviour, J. Hallard L. Clause S.A. Research and Development Station, Saint Remy de Provence, France. The utilization of haploids or doubled haploids is very important in the field of plant breeding. Several authors have […]

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Plant Regeneration from Callus of Cucumis melo L.

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 11:33-34 (article 15) 1988 W.A. Mackay and T.J. Ng Dept. of Horticulture, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 USA. W.A. Hammerschlag. Tissue Culture and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD 20705 USA. Tissue culture is a promising tool for the recovery of important traits […]

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1988 Cucumber Reports

1988 Report No. 11 Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) Development of callus and somatic embryos from zygotic embryos of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) J.B.M. Custers, J.E.M. van Deelen and J.H.W. Bergervoet (Inst. Horticultural Plant Breeding {IVT}, Wageningen, The Netherlands) CGC 11:1-2 (1988) Embryogenesis from cotyledon-derived callus of Cucumis sativus L. Rebecca M. Cade, Todd C. Wehner and Frank A Blazich […]

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