Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 15:90-92 (article 35) 1992 Carl D. Clayberg Department of Horticulture and Forestry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506-4002, USA Most of the literature describes fruit striping in this species as being due to a single dominant gene, St, (1, 2, 5), which has been found to be part of an allelic […]
Month: July 1992
Improved Germination Rate After 8 Years in Certain Watermelon Families
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 15:82-83 (article 32) 1992 Bill Rhodes, Jian Nong Zhang and Xingping Zhang, W.C. Bridges, Jr. Department of Horticulture, E-142 Poole Agricultural Center, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA, Department of Experimental Statistics, F-148 Poole Agricultural Center, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0367 Rhodes and Love (1) noted that germination rates were severely […]
Effect of Pollination Techniques on Fruit Set and Seed Yield of Egusi Melon (Citrullus colocynthis)
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 15:80-81 (article 31) 1992 J.O. Kuti and C. Rovelo Horticulture Research Laboratory, College of Agriculture, Texas A&I University, Kingsville, TX 78363 Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad, known as egusi melon in Nigeria, belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family (3). It is a prostrate herbaceous perennial, probably an ancestral type of watermelon, and is […]
Watermelon Variety Improvement in China
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 15:76-79 (article 30) 1992 Xingping Zhang and Bill Rhodes Department of Horticulture, E-142 Poole Agricultural Center, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0375 Watermelons have been grown in China for more than 1000 years. Watermelon is one of the most important economic crops, grown in all parts of China except Qinghai, Tibet plateau […]
The Effect of the Branchless Gene bl on Plant Morphology in Watermelon
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 15:74-75 (article 29) 1992 Depei Lin, Tong Wang and Yejun Wang; Xingping Zhang and B.B. Rhodes Horticulture Department, August 1st Agricultural College, Urumqi, Xinjiang 850003 PR China, Department of Horticulture, E-142 Poole Agricultural Center, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0375 The branch less variant in watermelon (1) was discovered by Xu Liguan […]
Segregation Data Suggest Male Sterility Gene ms and the Spotted Gene Sp. in Watermelon Are Not the Same Linkage Group
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 15:72-73 (article 28) 1992 B.A. Murdock and N.H. Ferguson Departments of Horticulture (1st author) and Agronomy (2nd author), Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634 USA Conflicting genetic explanations have been reported for the trait in watermelon characterized by varying sized yellow spots located on both leaves and fruit. A report in 194 […]
Phenotypic Variation of the Spotted Trait in Watermelon
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 15:71 (article 27) 1992 B.A. Murdock and N.H. Ferguson Departments of Horticulture (1st suthor) and Agronomy (2nd author), Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634 USA In many North American localities, a watermelon variant called ‘Sun, Moon, and Stars’ or ‘Moon and Stars’ has been maintained by home gardeners. Its name is derived […]
Blossom-end Rot (BER) and Cracking in Watermelon Citrullus Lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum & Nakai)
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 15:69-70 (article 26) 1992 Mohamed M.D., El Mekki and Ali E. El Jack Regional Ministry of Agric. Wad Medani, Sudan, Dept. of Hort., University of Gezira, Wad Medani, Sudan Introduction Watermelon requires light soils for successful production. In heavy clays it faces many problems such as small size, fruit cracking and […]
Cold Resistance in Accessions of Watermelon from Zimbabwe
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 15:67-68 (article 25) 1992 R. Provvidenti Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, NY 14456 Watermelon seedlings grown at low temperatures (< 20 C ˚ ) usually develop a foliar mottle and stunting. Cotyledons appear to be whitish green, while the first leaves develop a […]
Use of a Detached Leaf Assay for Race 1 and Race 2 Anthracnose Resistance in a Diallel cross with Citrullus
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 15:84-86 (article 33) 1992 B.B. Rhodes, Xingping Zhang, Ralph A. Dean, Jennifer Frick, and Jian Nong Zhang Department of Horticulture, E-142 Poole Agricultural Center, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0375, Department of Plant Pathology and Physiology, B-03 Long Hall, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, and Melon Research Institute, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, […]