1992 Report No. 15 Melon (Cucumis melo) Database of native distributions for Cucumis Joseph J. Kirkbride, Jr. (USA) CGC 15:45-47 (1992) Interactive microcomputer database for identification of Cucumis Joseph J. Kirkbride, Jr. (USA) CGC 15:48-50 (1992) Pedigree PI 414723 melon James D. McCreight, G. Weston Bohn and Albert N. Kishaba (USA) CGC 15:51-52 (1992) Interaction and linkage […]
Month: July 1992
An In Vitro Selection Method for a Melon Variety which Regenerates by Direct Organogenesis
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 15:65-66 (article 24) 1992 Victor Gaba and Yeheskel Antignus Dept. of Virology, Agricultural Research Organisation, Volcani Center, POB 6 Bet Dagan 50250, Israel The Israeli F1 hybrid melon cv Galia is an important export crop. We wish to engineer this melon variety with coat protein mediated protection against Zucchini Yellow Mosaic […]
In Vitro Regeneration in Cucumis melo cv. Pusa Madhuras
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 15:62-64 (article 23) 1992 Jaagrati Jain and T.A. More Division of Vegetable Crops, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi – 110012, India Introduction. Most of the cultivated forms of Cucumis melo L., such as Pusa Madhuras, are highly susceptible to field conditions at young stage of vegetative growth. Field conditions, namely […]
Preliminary Screening of Melons for Sweetpotato Whitefly Resistance
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 15:59-61 (article 22) 1992 James D. McCreight U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research SErvice, 1636 East Alisal Street, Salinas, CA 93901 Lettuce infectious yellows (LIY), a sweetpotato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci Genn., (SPWF) transmitted virus disease of melons, has been a problem in fall melon production in the lower desert valleys of […]
Screening of Cucumis melo Parental, F1, F 2 and Backcross Population for Determination of the Genetic Basis of Tolerance to Myrothecium roridum
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 15:57-58 (article 21) 1992 W.A. Mackay, T. J. Ng and F.A. Hammerschlag Department of Horticulture, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USDA, ARS, Plant Molecular Biology Laboratory, BARC-West, 10300 Baltimore Ave., Beltsville, MD 20442 Detached leaf inoculation assays by Kuti and Ng (2) of fifty melon cultigens revealed no source […]
Search for Sources of Resistance to a Melon Dieback Disease in Spain
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 15:55-56 (article 20) 1992 J. Esteva, F. Nuez and J. Garvia-Jimenez Dpto. Biotecnologia. Universidad Politecnica de Valencia (UPV), Spain; Dpto. Produccion Vegetal. Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain In the Spanish Mediterranean coast a disease has appeared which brings about the sudden death of melon plants. In the Valencian area this disease […]
Bitterness in Snake Cucumber Cucumis melo var. flexuosus Naud.
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 15:54 (article 19) 1992 Hanan S. Elawed and Ali E. El Jack Ministry of Agriculture, Khartoum, Sudan; Department of Horticulture, University of Gezira, Wad Medani, Sudan The immature fruit of the Snake cucumber is a popular salad and pickling crop in the Sudan. Bitter fruits are occasionally discovered in the produce, […]
Interaction and Linkage Tests of Flesh Color Genes in Cucumis melo L.
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 15:53 (article 18) 1992 Carl D. Clayberg Department of Horticulture and Forestry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506-4002, USA The melon genes green flesh (gf) and white flesh (wf) have each been reported to be inherited as simple recessives to orange flesh (2, 3). However, their interaction has not been described. […]
Pedigree of PI 414723 Melon
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 15:51-52 (article 17) 1992 James D. McCreight, G. Weston Bohn, and Albert N. Kishaba U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, 1636 East Alisal Street, Salinas, CA 93901 PI 414723 from India has received much attention from breeders, pathologist and entomologists for resistances to: zucchini yellow mosaic and watermelon mosaic viruses […]
Interactive Microcomputer Database for Identification of Cucumis
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 15:48-50 (article 16) 1992 Joseph H. Kirkbride, Jr. USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory, Building 265, BARC-East, 10300 Baltimore Boulevard, Beltsville, Maryland 20705-2350 U.S.A. Recently a taxonomic monograph (11) of the genus Cucumis Linnaeus (Cucurbitaceae), as it has been circumscribed since its inception (2, 3, 8, 9, 10, […]