Reaction of Cucurbita pepo L. cv. Cinderella to strains of Cucumber Mosaic Virus

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:125-128 (article 43) 1991 T.A. Zitter, D.A.C. Pink, and D.G.A. Walkey Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University, Ithica, NY 14853, Institute of Horticultural Research, Wellesbourne, Warwick, CV35 9EF, U.K. Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) is the only virus of any economic importance infecting zucchini and vegetable marrow crops in the United Kingdom […]

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Resistance to Papaya Ringspot virus-W, Zucchini Yellow Mosaic Virus, and Watermelon Mosaic Virus-2 in C. maxima

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:123-124 (article 42) 1991 Mark E. Herrington, Svenning Pryt, and Peter Brown, D.M. Persley, and R. Greber Department of Primary Industries, Horticulture Branch, Redlands Research Station, Q. 4163, Australia, Department of Primary Industries, Plant Pathology Branch, Agricultural Research Laboratories, Indooroopilly, Q. 4068, Australia. Papaya ringspot virus type W (PRV-W), zucchini yellow […]

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Obtention of haploid plants induced by irradiated pollen in watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:109-110 (article 38) 1991 N. Gursoz, K. Abak, M. Pitrat, J.C. Rode andR. Dumas de Vaulx Cukurova University, Faculty of Agriculture, Dept. of Horticulture, Adana (Turkey), Station d’Amelioration des Plantes Maraicheres, I.N.R.A., BP 94,84143 Montfavet Cedex (France) The first haploid plant in Cucurbitaceae was observed spontaneously in cucumber in 1958 (1). […]

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Plant Regeneration from Callus Cultures of Citrullius colocynthis

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:107-108 (article 37) 1991 T.W. Frazier and J.O. Kuti Horticulture Research Laboratory, College of Agriculture, Texas A&I University, Kingsville, TX 78363. Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad. belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family and produces edible seeds rich in oil and protein (4). The plant is a long-lived perennial, indegenous to Africa and the […]

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Allozyme Diversity at the Pgi-2 Locus of Citrullus lanatus from Zimbabwe

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:104-106 (article 36) 1991 D. Benscher and R. Provvidenti Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University, new York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, NY 14456 Toll and Gwarazimba reported in a983 to have collected 134 landraces of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) in Zimbabwe (5). In 1986, we received from the USDA Germplasm Resources, […]

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A Strategy Toward Varietal Resistance to Watermelon Fruit Blotch

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:102-103 (article 35) 1991 B.B. Rhodes and N.V. Desamero, and Xingping Zhang Department of Horticulture, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, Department of Horticulture, Northwestern Agricultural University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712102, People’s Republic of China The disease called watermelon fruit blotch (WFB) appeared in the summer of 1989, first in Florida and subsequently […]

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