Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 20:1-2 (article 1) 1997 Todd C. Wehner and J. S. Liu Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7609 Research on morphological gene mutants of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) has resulted in 146 loci being identified in six linkage groups (3). Although many studies have reported linked genes, […]
Month: July 1997
1997 Other Cucurbits Report
CGC Report #20 Other Cucurbit Genera and Species Evaluation of Gherkin Germplasm M.S. Dhaliwal (India) CGC 20:60-62 (1997) Seed Treatment Effects on Emergence of Luffa Sponge Gourd Todd C. Wehner and Tammy L. Ellington (USA) CGC 20:63-64 (1997) Regeneration of Plants from Hypocotyl of Sechium edule Swartz Xiaosou Wang, Buxun Li and Guangdong Wang (China) CGC 20:65 […]
Regeneration of Plants from Hypocotyl of Sechium edule Swartz
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 20:65 (article 29) 1997 Xiaosou Wang, Buxun Li and Guangdong Wang Northwestern Agricultural University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China Buddha’s Hand (Sechium edule) is a perennial root vegetable suitable for cultivation in tropical and sub-tropical regions. It is grown in southern and Southwest China where it has been readily accepted by farmers because […]
Seed Treatment Effects on Emergence of Luffa Sponge Gourd
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 20:63-64 (article 28) 1997 Todd C. Wehner and Tammy L. Ellington Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7609 Luffa (or loofa) sponge gourds (Luffa aegyptiaca Mill) are increasing in popularity in North America. However, additional research is needed to solve some of the production problems for luffa, […]
Evaluation of Gherkin Germplasm
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 20:60-62 (article 27) 1997 M.S. Dhaliwal Department of Vegetable Crops, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana-141 004, India Introduction. Gherkin, burgherkin or West Indian gherkin is botanically known as Cucumis anguria L. and is a diploid species having chromosome number 2n=24. It has descended from a non-bitter variant of an African wild species C. longipes […]
Cucurbitaceae 1996 EUCARPIA VI Cucurbits Towards 2000 (G & B)
Section: Genetics & Breeding Abstracts The effects of season and irradiation doses on haploid embryo production in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) Interspecific hybridization of Cucumis sativus x Cucumis melo as a potential way to transfer resistance to Pseudoperonospora cubensis Interspecific fertility relationships in cultivated species of Cucurbita in Iran Genes affecting stem and fruit color […]
Cucurbitaceae 1996 EUCARPIA VI Cucurbits Towards 2000 (PD & DR)
Section: Plant Diseases & Disease Resistances Abstracts Resistance to physiological races of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. melonis in Spanish melon genotypes Genetic analysis of resistance to fusarium wilt in cucumber cv. WIS-2757 Inheritance of resistance to powdery mildew disease in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) Variation in Cucurbita spp. for field resistance to powdery mildew Heritability of […]
1996 Cucurbitaceae EUCARPIA VI Cucurbits Towards 2000 (B&P)
Section: Biotechnology & Physiology Abstracts Expression of agamous-like genes in male and female flowers of cucumber Genetic map construction and map merging in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) A suggestion for the genetic variability in the ability of Agrobacterium to transform Cucumis melo L. Length polymorphism and homologies of microsatellites in several Cucurbitaceae species Random amplified […]
1997 Gene List for Cucumber
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 20:66-88 (article 30) 1997 Todd C. Wehner Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695–7609 Jack E. Staub Vegetable Crops Research, USDA/ARS. Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 U.S.A. Complete lists and updates of genes for cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) have been published previously (Pierce […]