Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 20:45 (article 19) 1997 Bill Rhodes, Katherine B. Gruene and W. Michael Hood Horticulture Department, Clemson University, Clemson SC 29634 Adlerz (1) reported that 8 honey bee visits are necessary to effect fruit set on diploid watermelon. Although a large number of male flowers exist on diploid pollenizer rows in a […]
Month: July 1997
1997 Melon Reports
CGC Report No. 20 Melon (Cucumis melo) A Genetic Model of Bitter Taste in Young Fruits of Melon Ma Dewei, Sun Lan, Liu Yun Hui, Zhang Yanping and Liu Haihe (China) CGC 20:27-29 (1997) Breeding for Resistance to Powdery Mildew in Snake Melon (Cucumis melo var. flexuosus) in Sudan E.A. Ahmed, A.E. Eljack and Y.F. Mohamed (Sudan) […]
Discriminating Fruit from 3n and 4n Vines in Progeny of an Open Pollinated 4n x 2n Melon
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 20:41-44 (article 18) 1997 Jeffrey Adelberg Department of Horticulture, Clemson University, Clemson SC 29634 Triploid melon are not seedless (1,3). Observation that triploid fruit were firmer at full slip indicates there may be post-harvest advantages to working with triploid fruit. There were also observations made that polyploidy melon may have better […]
A Suspected Plasmagene as the Cause of a New Melon Mosaic Disease in China.
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 20:37-40 (article 17) 1997 Zhang Jiannong Melon Research Institute, Gansu University of Agriculture, Lanzhou, Gansu 730070, P.R. China The melon mosaic disease described in this note was first observed in Gansu, China, in 1983. The frequency of the disease was less than 1/60,000 plants in a large melon field, but was […]
Melon Dieback: Effect of Thermic Stress and Inoculum
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 20:35-36 (article 16) 1997 A. Iglesias and F. Nuez Deparagemto de Biotecnologia, Universidad Politecnica de Valecia , 46022 Valencia , Spain Melon dieback is a serious disease affecting melon, and has been responsible for severe economic losses in many areas of Spain since the early 1980’s (1). With the aim of […]
Wilt Disease of Melon (Cucumis melo L.) and Associated Organisms in Sudan
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 20:32-34 (article 15) 1997 Abbas M. Suliman, Yousif F. Mohamed, Gasim A. Daffallan and Omer H. Giha Plant Pathology Center, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Gezira University, Wad Medani, P.O. Box 20, Sudan, Africa Muskmelon in the Sudan is traditionally grown in small fields and is consumed locally. As such the crop […]
Breeding for Resistance to Powdery Mildew in Snake Melon (Cucumis melo var. flexuosus) in Sudan
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 20:30-31 (article 14) 1997 E.A. Ahmed, A.E. El Jack and Y.F. Mohamed University of Gezira, P.O. Box 20, Wad Medani, Sudan Snake melon (Cucumis melo var. flexuosus) is a popular vegetable in Sudan, consumed fresh in salad and also in pickles. Powdery mildew is one of the most important limiting production […]
A Genetic Model of Bitter Taste in Young Fruits of Melon*
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 20:27-29 (article 13) 1997 Ma Dewei, Sun Lan, Liu Yun Hui, Zhang Yanping and Liu Haihe Center of Biological Technology In The Agricultural University of Hebei, Bao Ding 071001, P.R. China *The project supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China. Abstract. The bitter taste of young fruits obtained from F1 […]
1997 Cucumber Reports
CGC Report No. 20 Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) Independent Segregation Among 11 Gene Loci in Cucumber Todd C. Wehner and J.S. Liu (USA) CGC 20:1-2 (1997) Biochemical Changes in Cucumber Seeds during Germination Meng Huanwen, Cheng Zhihui and Cui Hongwen (China) CGC 20:3 (1997) Ultra-weak Luminescence and Chilling-tolerance of Germinating Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) Seeds Yu Shuancang, […]
Attempts at Colchicine Doubling of an Interspecific Hybrid of Cucumis sativus L. x C. hystrix Chakr.
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 20:24-26 (article 12) 1997 J.F. Chen and J.E. Staub Vegetable Crops Research Unit, USDA/ARS, Departments of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI. 53706 U.S.A. Introduction. Traditional approaches for interspecific hybridization have been used in Cucumis. These include growth regulator application (Custer and den Nijs, 1986), pollen irradiation (Beharav and Cohen, 1994), use […]