2021 Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report #44

CGC 44 (2021) Table of Contents

Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) and related species

1. Citrullus Germplasm Diversity in Tunisia: An Overview.  Hela Chikh-Rouhou and Ana Garcés-Claver

4. Citrullus naudinianus Genome Assembly. Robert L. Jarret, Olga Dudchenko, David Weisz, Ruqayya Khan and Erez L. Aiden

Melon (Cucumis melo)

7. Melon Germplasm from Tunisia with Immense Breeding Value.  Hela Chikh-Rouhou, Maria Luisa Gómez-Guillamón and Ana Garcés-Claver

12. Setting up a Selection Method for Drought Tolerance in Melon Seedlings. María L Gómez-Guillamón and Rafael Fernández-Muñoz

15. Development and Availability of a Melon Differential Set for Determination of Virulence Variation of Cucurbit Powdery Mildews (Podosphaera xanthii and Golovinomyces orontii). Aleš Lebeda, Božena Sedláková, Eva Křístková, James D. McCreight and Maarten den Hertog

Cucurbita spp.

20. Heterosis and Inbreeding Depression Seldom Occur in Tropical Pumpkin. Linda Wessel-Beaver, Luisa Flores-López and Eddie S. Serrano

In Memoriam

28. Claude Earle Thomas, 1940-2021