In Vitro Regeneration and Flowering of Cucumber Cultivars and Lines Cultured from Excised Seed

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 11:5-7 (article 3) 1988 W. Msikita, R.M. Skirvin, J.A. Juvik and W.E. Splittstoesser Department of Horticultural, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801. The ability to obtain whole plants from a single seed may be important when there is a limited number of seeds. Recently, Cade et al. (1) reported shoot regeneration […]

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Embryogenesis from Cotyledon-Derived Callus of Cucumis sativus L.

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 11:3-4 (article 2) 1988 Rebecca M. Cade, Todd C. Wehner, and Frank A. Blazich Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7609. Early research on tissue culture of cucurbits dealt with the formation of somatic embryos in culture (2, 4). However, only recently have plants been regenerated through […]

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Development of Callus and Somatic Embryos from Zygotic Embryos of Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 11:1-2 (article 1) 1988 J.B.M. Custers, J.E.M. van Deelen and J.H.W. Bergervoet Institute for Horticultural Plant Breeding (OVT), P.O. Box 16, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands In the cross Cucumis sativus x C, melo seeded fruits often develop, but the embryos cease growth at the globular-0shaped stage (2). Embryo rescue procedures, […]

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1988 Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Membership

Alphabetical List of CGC Members Adams, Howard. Northrup, King and Co.,10290 Greenway Rd., Naples, FL 33962 Andres, T.C. NYAES, Department of Seed and Vegetable Sciences, Hedrick Hall, Geneva, NY 14456 Arend, Wim van der. Nunhems Zaden b.,v., P.O. Box 4005, 6080 Haelen, The Netherlands Baggett, J. R. Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331. Baker, J.R. […]

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Gene List for Cucurbita spp.

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 11:96-103 (article 42) 1988 Lists of the known genes for the Cucurbitaceae have been published previously in 3 installments (4, 5, 25), and complete, updated gene lists have recently been published for cucumber (CGC 8:86-96), muskmelon (CGC 9:111-120) and watermelon (CGC 10:106-110). In the interest of updating and collecting information on […]

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