1999 Watermelon Reports

CGC Report No. 22 Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) A Tendrilless Mutant in Watermelon: Phenotype and Inheritance Bill Rhodes, Xingping Zhang, Vance Baird and Halina Knapp (USA) CGC 22:28-30 (1999) Inheritance of Light Green Flower Color (gf) in Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) Young-Seok Kwon (Rep. Korea) and Fenny Dane (USA) CGC 22:31-33 (1999) Triploid and Tetraploid Watermelon (Citrullus […]

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Changes in Lipid Peroxidation and antioxidant Status in Ripening Melon (Cucumis melo L.) Fruit

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 22:24-27 (article 10) 1999 Patrick J. Conner and Timothy J. Ng Dept. Natural Resource Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-4452 USA Introduction Mature melons become soft and dehydrated, even when storied in cool humid conditions. the short time inwhich fruits must be harvested, sold and consumed is a serious […]

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Tibish, a Melon Type from Sudan

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 22:21-23 (article 9) 1999 El Tahir I. Mohamed¹ and M. Pitrat² ¹Agricultural Research Corporation, P.O. Box 126, Wad Medani, Sudan ²INRA, Station de Genetique dt d’Amelioration des Fruits et Legumes, B.P. 94, 84143 Montfavet cedex, France Melon (Cucumis melo L.) is a polymorphic species that has been classified into several intra-specific […]

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Identification of the Gene for Resistance to Fusarium Wilt Races 0 and 2 in Cucumis melo ‘Dulce’

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 22:19-20 (article 8) 1999 Y. Danin-Poleg, Y. Burger, S. Schreiber. N. Katzir and R. Cohen Department of Vegetable Crops, Agricultural Research Organiation, Newe Ya’ar Research Center, P.O.B. 1021, Ramat Yishay 30095, Israel. E-mail: [email protected] Four races of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. melonis (0,1,2, and 1,2) cause wilt in melons. three independent dominant […]

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Genetic Control and Linkages of Some Fruit Characters in Melon

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 22:16-18 (article 7) 1999 C. Perin, C. Dogimont, N. Giovinazzo, D. Besombes, L. Guitton, L. Hagen, and M. Pitrat INRA, Station de Genetique et d’Amelioration des Fruits et Legumes, BP 94, 84143 Montfavet Cedex (France) Introduction Cucumis melo L. is a very polymorphic species, especially for fruit characters like ripening, shape, […]

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Physiological Effects of NaCl Stress on Cucumber Germination and Seedling Growth

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 22:11-13 (article 5) 1999 Huanwen Meng, Hongwen Cui, Yanfeng Zhang, Jing Su and Meng Zhang Horticultural Department, Northwest Agricultural University, Yang Ling, Shaanxi, P.R. China With the world wide development of salinizing soil, more attention has been paid to increasing a plant’s ability to undergo osmotic change (resistance) and withstand salinizing […]

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QTL Conditioning Yield and Fruit Quality Traits in Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 22:8-10 (article 4) 1999 Arian Dijkuizen Firma RAGT, Hauptstrasse 2, 94533 Ottmaring-Buchhofen, Germany Jack E. Staub Vegetable Crops Research Unit, USDA/ARS, Departments of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI 53706 U.S.A. Introduction Recent molecular appraisals of quantitative trait loci (QTL) have documented the importance of genotype (G) x environment (E) interactions in […]

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Transfer of Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) Plantlets Regenerated from in vitro Culture

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 22:5-7 (article 3) 1999 Hongwen Cui Department of Horticulture, Northwestern Agricultural University, Yangling Shaanxi, 712100, P.R. China Yuxiang Yuan Institute of Horticulture, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, 450002, P.R. China When plantelets grow in an environment of constant temperature, high humidity, low light intensity and sterile surroundings, they exhibit a […]

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