Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 12:75-77 (article 32) 1989 Oved Shifriss, Raymond B. Volin and Tom V. Williams 21 Walter Avenue, Highland Park, NJ, Northrup King Co., 10290 Greenway Rd., Naples, Fl 33962 The primary effect of a B gene is precocious depletion of chlorophyll in young fruits prior to anthesis (1). Genes conditioning this effect […]
Month: July 1989
List, Description and Interactions of the Genes Affecting Fruit Color in Cucurbita pepo
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 12:72-74 (article 31) 1989 Harry S. Paris Department of Vegetable Crops, Agricultural Research Organization, Newe Ya’ar Experiment Station, P.O. Haifa, Israel Cucurbita pepo L. contains a fascinating array of fruit colors. A few genes affecting fruit exterior color have been identified, and their preferred symbols and names were recently summarized (2) […]
Inheritance of Mottled Leaf in Cucurbita moschata
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 12:70-71 (article 30) 1989 A. Ribeiro and C.P. da Costa Department of Genetics, ESALQ/USP, CP 83, CEP13400, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil The mottled leaf trait in the genus Cucurbita has been described as silver gray areas in axils of leaf veins controlled by a single dominant gene, M, in C. maxima, C. […]
Cucurbita moschata Half-sib Families Collected in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 12:68-69 (article 29) 1989 L. Wessel-Beaver and M.W. Carbonell Department of Agronomy and Soils, College of Agricultural Sciences, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR 00708 Half sib families from seed of 38 fruits originating from the Dominican Republic and 12 fruits from Puerto Rico were evaluated in replicated field trials in […]
1989 Watermelon Report
Report No. 12 Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) A second look at the glabrous male-sterile (gms) character in watermelon B.B. Rhodes, B.A. Murdock and J.W. Adelberg (USA) CGC 12:58 (1989) Inheritance of orange flesh color in watermelon W.R. Henderson (USA) CGC 12:59-63 (1989) Influence of handling and nitrogen nutrition on flowering and growth of watermelon transplants in the greenhouse […]
Studies of Watermelon Germplasm Resources and Breeding. III. Correlation between Parents and their F1 Hybrids, Phenotypic Correlation Among Characters and Path Analysis
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 12:67 (article 28) 1989 Zhang Xingping and Wang Ming Department of Horticulture, Northwestern University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 71202, P.R. China Abstract. Twenty-one (21) watermelon lines and their 19 F1 hybrids were tested for correlation analysis between parents and their F1 hybrids, phenotypic correlation and path coefficient analysis. The results indicated that significantly […]
Influence of Handling and Nitrogen Nutrition on Flowering and Growth of Watermelon Transplants in the Greenhouse
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 12:64-67 (article 27) 1989 R.N. McArdle Biological and Chemical Sciences, Central Research Division, General Foods USA, 555 S. Broadway, Tarrytown, NY 10591 Efficient, early production of female flowers in watermelon Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. and Nakai is of keen interest to those making controlled crosses or otherwise attempting to produce fruit […]
Inheritance of Orange Flesh Color in Watermelon
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 12:59-63 (article 26) 1989 Warren R. Henderson Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7609 A variety of flesh colors are present in watermelon: red, orange, yellow, and white. Porter (3) reported yellow flesh from ‘Golden Honey’ was recessive, y to red flesh, Y . Poole (2) showed […]
A Second Look at the Glabrous Male-Sterile (gms) Character in Watermelon
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 12:58 (article 25) 1989 B.B. Rhodes, B.A. Murdock and J.W. Adelberg Clemson University Edisto Research and Education Center, Blackville, SC Watts (5) recovered the gms character from irradiated seed in 1957 and reported on the variant in 1962. Although the variant behaved as a single recessive gene, there were two notable […]
1989 Melon Reports
Report No. 12 Melon (Cucumis melo) Tolerance reaction of muskmelon to inoculation with Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melonis races 0 and 1 D. Gabillard and M. Jacquet (France) CGC 12:37-38 (1989) Resistance to Sphaerotheca fuliginea (Schlecht. ex Fr.) Poll. in Spanish muskmelon cultivars M.L. Gomez-Guillamon and J.A. Tores (Spain) CGC 12:39 (1989) Transmission of the causal agent of muskmelon yellowing disease […]