2019 Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report

CGC Report #42

CGC-42-front-cover-2019

2019 CGC Reports (pdf)

 

 Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)

  1.  Resistance Response of Citrullus Genotypes to Stagonosporopsis Isolates Causing Gummy Stem Blight.
    Winnie Gimode, Marin Lonnee and Cecilia McGregor
  1. A New Watermelon Variety ‘Longshengjiafeng’ with High Quality and High Resistance to Fusarium Wilt.
    Q. Wang, Y.H. Jia, W. Yan, Y. K. Fu, H.B. You
  1. How Russian Breeders Discovered Citrullus mucosospermus and Citrullus lanatus cordophanus, the Likely Closest Relatives of Domesticated Watermelon.
    Susanne S. Renner
  1. Optimum Experiment Size for Screening Watermelon Cultigens for Fruit Resistance to Bacterial Fruit Blotch.
    James Daley and Todd C. Wehner

Cucumber (Cucumis sativus)

  1. Studies on Sporophytic Development of Cucumber Microspores.
    Lyle T. Wallace and Michael J. Havey
  1. First Report of Podosphaera xanthii Race N2 Causing Powdery Mildew on Cucumber in China.
    Xiaoni Li, Yun Deng, and Fanhui Kong

Melon (Cucumis melo)

  1. Suppression of Cucurbit chlorotic yellows virus Accumulation in Melon Breeding Line MR-1 under Natural Infection in Imperial Valley, California.
    Prabin Tamang, William M. Wintermantel, and James D. McCreight

Cucurbita spp.

  1. A Single Dominant Gene, Ef, Confers Early Flowering in Acorn Squash (Cucurbita pepo pepo).
    Andrew B. Ogden, J. Brent Loy and Rebecca G. Sideman
  1. Non-transmission of ZYMV and PRSV through Resistant Cucurbita moschata Genotypes ‘Nigerian Local’ and ‘Menina’.
    Magdiel A. Miranda-Vélez, Linda Wessel-Beaver and Jose Carlos V. Rodrigues

In memoriam

  1. Jack Ernest Staub (1948 – 2019)
  1. Brent Loy (1941-2020)