A Source of a High Level of Tolerance to Squash Mosaic Virus in a Melon from China

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 21:29-30 (article10) 1998 R. Provvidenti Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, NY 14456 Squash mosaic virus (SqMV) is one of the major viral agents affecting melons (Cucumis melo L.). It is seed transmitted, hence it can be found in every area of the world […]

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Application of Inter-SSR Markers in Melon (Cucumis melo L.)

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 21:25-28 (article 9) 1998 Y. Danin-Poleg, G. Tzuri, N. Regis and N. Katzir Department of Vegetable Crops, Agricultural Research Organization, Northern Research Center, Newe Ya’ar, P.O.B. 9000 Haifa 31900, Israel Introduction. Molecular marker techniques are beginning to have an impact on plant breeding and plant genetic resource management. A variety of […]

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Correlations Among Yield Components in Exotic Cucumber Germplasm

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 21:21-24 (article 8) 1998 Jinsheng Liu Agricultural Division, Jiangsu State Farms Group Corporation, No. 1 Zhu Jiang Road, Nanjing 210008, P.R. China Jack E. Staub Vegetable Crops Research Unit, USDA/ARS, Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, U.S.A. Introduction. The genetic relationships among 13 botanical varieties of Cucumis savitus […]

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Stand Correction Methods for Cucumber Fruit Yield

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 21:18-20 (article 7) 1998 Christopher S. Cramer Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Box 30003, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003-0003 Todd C. Wehner Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7609 Introduction. Field germination of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) seeds is highly dependent on environmental conditions. […]

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Free Proline Contents and Catalase Activity in Cucumber Leaves at Elevated Temperatures

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 21:16-17 (article 6) 1998 Meng Zhang, Hongwen Cui and Sheng Zhao Department of Horticulture, Northwestern Agriculture University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P.R. China Introduction. Heat tolerance of cultivars in cucumber is a very important character for mid-summer and early autumn production in north China (1,2). If one could distinguish the tolerance of […]

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Ethylene Production and the Evaluation of Tolerance to Low-temperature in Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 21:14-15 (article 5) 1998 Yu Shuancang Beijing Vegetable Research Center. Beijing, 100081, P.R. China Cui Hongwen Department of Horticulture. Northwestern Agricultural University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P.R. China Introduction. As apparently universal response to stress by plants is the production of ethylene. In addition to “normal” production of ethylene, as in fruit […]

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The Relationship Between Low-Temperature Germination and Chilling tolerance in Cucumber

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 21:11-13 (article 4) 1998 Jianguo Li Tropical Horticulture Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agriculture Science, Danzhou, Hainan, 571737, P.R. China Hongwen Cui and Meng Zhang Horticultural Department, Northwestern Agricultural University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P.R. China Introduction. It is very important to improve chilling tolerance in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.). In China, […]

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Effects of Copper Seedcoat Agent on Cucumber Germination and Seedling Growth

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 21:8-10 (article 3) 1998 Meng Huanwen¹, Cui Hongwen¹, Cheng Zhihui, and He Danrao² ¹Horticultural Department, Northwestern Agricultural University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P.R. China ²Garden Afforestration Brigade, Muidanjiang City, Heilongjiang, 157000. P.R. China Introduction. Copper, one of the trace elements in plants (1), is essential to the normal growth of vegetables. Cucumber […]

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Paternal Inheritance of Mitochondrial DNA in Cucumber: Confirmation by PCR Method

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 21:6-7 (article 2) 1998 S. Matsuura and H. Mizusawa Tohoiu Seed Company, 1625 Himuro, Nishihara, Utsunomiya 321-3232, Japan K. Kadowaki Department of Molecular Genetics, National Institute of Agrobiological Resources, Kannondai 2-1-2, Tsukuba, 305-0856, Japan Introduction. In cucumber, we have reported that mitochondrial DNAs are inherited paternally in sexual propagation (1). Since […]

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