Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 16:47-48 (article 17) 1993 Henry M. Munger Department of Plant Breeding, Cornell University, Ithica, NY 14853, USA It is now 50 years since I saw melons near Geneva, N.Y. wilt and die just as the first fruits were ripening. This was in a field in which W.D. Enzie was breeding for […]
Month: July 1993
Breeding and Development of Cucumber Green Mottle Mosaic Virus (CGMMV) Resistant Lines in Melon Cucumis melo L.)
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 16:44-46 (article 16) 1993 T.A. More, A. Varma, V.S. Seshadri, R.G. Somkuwar, and L. Rajamony Division of Vegetable Crops, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi – 110012, INDIA In sub-tropical parts of India around Delhi, CGMMV has been found more common and dangerous than any other virus on melon (5, 6). […]
Gene for Resistance to Fusarium Wilt Race 1 in Oriental Pickling Melon
Curbit Genetics Cooperative Report 16:42-43 (article 15) 1993 Harry S. Paris, Ron Cohen, Yael Danin-Poleg, and Shoshanna Schreiber Department of Vegetable Crops, Agricultural Research Organization, Newe Ya’ar Experiment Station, P.O. Haifa, ISRAEL Several races of Fusarium oxysporum f. melonis afflict melons. The dominant genes Fom-1, carried by ‘Doublon’, and Fom-3, carried by ‘Perlita’, confer resistance […]
Downy Mildew (Pseudoperonospora cubensis B & C) Resistance in Melon (Cucumis melo L.)
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 16:40-41 (article 14) 1993 R.G. Somkuwar and T. A. More Division of Vegetable Crops, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi – 110012, INDIA Downy mildew has become a major threat to commercial cucurbits including melon and cucumber in India (5). In the sub-tropical pats during the premonsoon rains and in other […]
Club Mildew: Working Group on Resistance of Melon to Powdery Mildew
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 16:39 (article 13) 1993 James D. McCreight, Michel Pitrat U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Agricultural Research Station, 1636 East Alisal Street, Salinas, CA 93905, USA; Station d’Amelioration des Plantes Maraicheres, I.N.R.A., BP 94, 84143 Montfavet Cedex, FRANCE Determinations of races of powdery mildew and resistance genes in melon […]
Resistance to Melon Dieback in Spanish Landraces of Melon
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 16:37-38 (article 12) 1993 F. Nuez, J. Esteva Depto. Biotecnologia. Universidad Politecnica de Valencia (UPV), SPAIN, Dpto. Ingenieria Aplicada. Universidad de Murcia, SPAIN Melon dieback is a serious vine decline disease of melon in Spain (2, 3). The primary origin of this disease has been attributed to several ground fungus [Rhizoctonia […]
Cucumis Germplasm: 1992 Collection Expedition in India
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 16:35-36 (article 11) 1993 J.D. McCreight, J.E. Staub, N.M. Koppar and U. Ch. Srivastava U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Agricultural Research Station, 1636 East Alisal Street, Salinas, CA 93905, USA; U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA; National […]
Application of factor analysis to cucumber breeding
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 16:27-29 (article 9) 1993 Meng Zhang and Hongwen Cui Department of Horticulture, Northwestern Agricultural University, Yangling Shanxi, 712100, P.R. China Cucumber breeding objectives suggested by the “Chinese Cucumber Breeding Cooperation Team” include the development of an early maturing, high yielding cucumber which is resistant to anthracnose, fusarium wilt and downy mildew […]
Diallel analysis of cucumber germination at optimum and suboptimal temperatures
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 16:22-26 (article 8) 1993 P. Milotay Vegetable Crops Research Institute, 6000 Kecskemet, P.O.B. 116, Hungary Germination of cucumber seeds under cool weather conditions is frequently erratic resulting in poor, or non-uniform emergence. cucumber seeds germinate rapidly between 20-30C, however there is a sharp reduction in germination percentage and initial seedling development […]
Independence of fruit length and 10 other characters in cucumber
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 16:18-21 (article 7) 1993 Nick E. Fanourakis Technical Educational Institute, Heraklion Crete 71500, Greece Fruit length of cucumber exhibits great variability. Although the inheritance of fruit length has been investigated, data are not comparable because of the varying germplasm sources used and the collection and analysis measure applied (2, 3, 4, […]