2007 Other Cucurbit Genera and Species Reports

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report No. 30 Other Genera and Species New Source of Male Sterility in Ridge Gourd (Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb.) and its Maintenance Through In Vitro Culture Pradeepkumar, T., Sujatha, R., Krishnaprasad, B.T and Johnkutty, I (India) CGC 30:60-63 (2007) Genetics of Seed Yield and its Components in Bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria (Mol.) […]

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2007 Squash and Pumpkin Reports

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report No. 30 Squash and Pumpkin (Cucurbita spp.) Diversity within Cucurbita maxima and C. moschata for resistance to RNA viruses Menahem Edelstein, Harry S. Paris, Amit Gal-On, Giora Barkan, Diana Leibman, and Rivka Hadas (Israel) CGC 30:31-32 (2007) New Plant Variety Protection (PVP) Forms for Pumpkin/Squash/Gourd Harry S. Paris, Janice Strachan, Mark […]

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2007 Melon Reports

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report No. 30 Melon (Cucumis melo) Study of Natural Variation in Root Structure within Cucumis melo L. using in vitro culture. Ana Fita, Cristina Roig, Belén Picó and Fernando Nuez (Spain) CGC 30:20-22 (2007) Evaluation of non-preference of melon plants by B. tabaci F.J.Palomares-Rius, López-Sesé, A.I. and M. L. Gómez-Guillamón (Spain) CGC […]

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2007 Gene List for Watermelon

by Todd C. Wehner Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7609 Introduction Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai) is a major cucurbit crop that accounts for 6.8% of the world area devoted to vegetable crops (FAO, 2002). Watermelon is grown for its fleshy, juicy, and sweet fruit. Mostly eaten fresh, they […]

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2007 Cucumber Reports

Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) Effects of Benzothiadiazole on Induction of Resistance in Cucumber to Infection by Cladosporium cucumerinum Q. Ma and C. F. Wang (China) CGC 30:1-4 (2007) Genetic variability in Cucumis sativus var. hardwickii R. (Alef.) germplasm A.D. Munshi, B. Panda, T. K. Behera, Ravinder Kumar, T. K. Behera, and I. SBisht (India) CGC 30:5-10 […]

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