Report No. 13 Muskmelon (Cucumis melo) Screening wild Cucumis spp. in the field and with artificial seed inoculation against Fusarium oxysporum sp. melonis P. Thomas and T.A. More (India) CGC 13:18-19 (1990) Evolution of muskmelon virus infection on field crops in the Ebro Valley (Spain) M.L. Arteaga and J. Alvarez (Spain) CGC 13:20-24 (1990) Further sources of resistance to ZYMV […]
Month: July 1990
Somatic Hybridization of Muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.) with Kiwano (Cucumis metuliferus Naud.) and Squash (Cucurbita pepo L.) by Protoplast Electrofusion
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 13:36-39 (article 14) 1990 I. Debeaujon and M. Branchard Laboratoire de Génétique Végétale – C.N.R.S. (U.R.A. 115). Bât. 360 Université de Paris Sud – 91405 Orsay cedex – France The introduction of disease and pest resistances and the increase in cold tolerance are two important objectives of muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.) […]
A Fifth Gene for Male Sterility in Cucumis melo
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 13:34-35 (article 13) 1990 M. Lecouviour Clause Semences Professionnelles, Mas St Pierre, F-13210 St Rémy, France M. Pitrat and G. Risser INRA, Station d’Amélioration des Plantes, BP 94, F-84143 Montfavet Cedex, France Four genes of male sterility have been described in muskmelon (1,2,3,4). A fifth gene has been observed and used […]
Ten Interspecific Crosses in the Genus Cucumis: A Preparatory Study to Seek Crosses Resistant to Melon Yellowing Disease.
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 13:31-33 (article 12) 1990 C. Soria and M. L. Gómez-Guillamón Estación Experimental “La Mayora”, Algarrobo-Costa, (Málaga), Spain J. Esteva and F. Nuez Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain Some wild species of the Cucumis genus show resistance to different plant pests and diseases, and consequently they may be useful experimental material for […]
Host Range of the Causal Agent of Melon Yellowing Disease
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 13:29-30 (article 11) 1990 V. Cura, C. Soria, and M. L. Gómez-Guillamón Estación Experimental “La Mayora”. Algarrobo-Costa, (Málaga), Spain Breeding melon (Cucumis melo L.) plants with genetic resistance to melon yellowing disease is a long-term objective of extended research. Therefore, there is a serious need for short- or medium-term solutions that […]
Relationship between the Causal Agent of Melon Yellowing Disease in the Southeast of Spain and its Vector
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 13:27-28 (article 10) 1990 C. Soria and M. L. Gómez-Guillamón Estación and Experimental “La Mayora”. Algarrobo-Costa, (Málaga), Spain The impossibility of mechanically transmitting melon yellowing disease to melon plants (Cucumis melo L.) (3) stimulated the design and development of a technique of artificial inoculation that uses the vector of the causal […]
Further Sources of Resistance to ZYMV in Cucumis melo L.
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 13:25-26 (article 9) 1990 Mark E. Herrington and Svenning Prytz Redlands Research Station, OI Box 327, Cleveland, Queensland, 4163, Australia Losses of Cucumis melo to zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV) have increased in Queensland where there are at least two distinct isolates of the virus (1). Resistance available in PI 414723 […]
Evolution of Muskmelon Virus Infection on Field Crops in the Ebro Valley (Spain).
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 13:20-24 (article 8) 1990 M. Luis Arteaga and J. Alvarez Servicio de Investigación Agraria, Apartado 727, 50080 Zaragoza, SPAIN About 15 different viruses have been reported infecting muskmelon (6). Mainly 10 of those viruses have some economic incidence (5), and among those five have been reported in Spain: Cucumber mosaic virus […]
Screening Wild Cucumis spp. in the Field and with Artificial Seed Inoculation against Fusarium oxysporum sp. Melonis
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 13:18-19 (article 7) 1990 Pious Thomas and T. A. More Division of Vegetable Crops, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India Wilt disease caused by Fusarium spp. Is a serious problem of muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.) in the river beds of North India and other production areas (1,2,5). The Jamuna […]
1990 Cucumber Reports
Report No. 13 Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) Cucumber cultivars and breeding lines for the USDA Plant Introduction collection T.C. Wehner (USA) CGC 13:1-3 (1990) Screening of the US cucumber germplasm collection for heat stress tolerance J.E. Staub and A. Krasowska (USA & Poland) CGC 13:4-7 (1990) Root knot nematode egg concentration for inoculating Cucumis spp. tests T.C. Wehner, […]