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 […]
Month: July 1991
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 […]
The Two B Genes of Cucurbita are Unlinked
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:116-122 (article 41) 1991 Oved Shifriss 21 Walter Avenue, Highland Park, NJ 08904 The available data (in reference 4 and in the present report) support the conclusion that the two B genes of Cucurbita are unlinked. One of the B genes originated in C. pepo and the other in C. maxima. […]
1991 Melon Reports
Report 14 Melon (Cucumis melo) Nomenclature of Cucumis melo L. H.M. Munger and R.W. Robinson (USA) CGC 14:43-44 (1991) Two virescent mutants in melon (Cucumis melo) M. Pitrat, G. Risser, C. Ferriere, C. Olivier and M. Ricard (France) CGC 14:45 (1991) A rapid and sensitive method for evaluation of melon resistance to Sphaerotheca fuliginea Elena Floris and Jose […]
Expression of the B Genes in Cucurbita
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:113-115 (article 40) 1991 Oved Shifriss 21 Walter Avenue, Highlnd Park, NJ 08904 B1 vs B2. Table 1 shows the effect of the two B genes on different plant organs. B1B1 stands for B1B1B2+ B2+ in tests 1 to 6, and B2B2 stands for stands for B1+B1+B2B2 in tests 7 to 11. […]
Fused Vein Trait in Cucurbita pepo L.
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:111-112 (article 39) 1991 R. Bruce Carle and J. Brent Loy Department of Plant Biology, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824 Few morphological markers are known for Cucurbita pepo that can be used to detect outcrossing during commercial seed production.(1). A new mutant leaf form, fused vein, shows potential as […]
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). […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]