Heterosis and Combining Ability for Bitter Principals in Momordica charantia Linn.

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 17:132-134 (article 40) 1994 V.S. Devadas; Seemahthini Ramadas College of Horticulture, Kerala Agricultural University, Vellanikkara, Trissur-680 645, India; Horticulture College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore-641 003, India All parts of the bitter gourd plant are bitter in taste except the ripe aril covering the seed. The bitter principals […]

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Genetic Analysis of Bitter Principals in Momordica charantia Linn.

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 17:129-131 (article 39) 1994 V.S. Devadas and Seemanthini Ramadas College of Horticulture, Kerala Agricultural University, Vellanikkara, Trissur-680 645, India; Horticulture College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore-641 –3, India Bitterness of bitter gourd (Momordica charantia Linn.) is due to presence of Momordicosides, which are glycosides of tetracyclic triterpinoids with […]

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1994 Squash Reports

Report No. 17 Squash and Pumpkin (Cucurbita spp.) On the selective activator of gene B2 in C. moschata O. Shifriss (USA) CGC 17:120-121 (1994) Inheritance of hard rind in C. maxima x C. moschata crosses P.S. Koch and P.T. Della Vecchia (Brazil) CGC 17:122-124 (1994) Heritability of seed size in hull-less seeded strains of Cucurbita pepo L. R.B. Carle, R. Bruce and J. Brent Loy […]

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Response Reaction of C. moschata Breeding Lines to Mechanical Inoculations of CMV, PRSV-W, and WMV-II

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 17:128 (article 38) 1994 P.T. Della Vecchio, A.J. Vitti and R. Wierzbicki; M.A. Pavan Agroflora S/A, Caixa Postal 427, 12900-000, Braganca Paulista SP, Brazil; FCA/UNESP – Departmento de Defesa Fitossanitaria, Caixa Postal 237, Botucatu, SP, Brazil In a previous report (1) we presented the pedigree of some C. moschata breeding lines […]

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Heritability of Seed Size in Hull-less Seeded Strains of Cucurbita pepo L.

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 17:125-127 (article 37) 1994 R.B. Carle, R. Bruce and J. Brent Loy Department of Plant Biology, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824 A breeding project to develop high seed yielding strains of hull-less (naked) seeded pumpkins has been ongoing for the past twelve years at the University of hew Hampshire. […]

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