1981 Cucumber Reports

Report No. 4 Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) Investigations into the characteristics of seeds from compact cucumber plants M.D. Edwards and R.L. Lower (USA) CGC 4:2-3 (1981) Variability for seed quality among fruit from individual compact cucumber plants M.D. Edwards and R.L. Lower (USA) CGC 4:4-5 (1981) In vitro growth and sporulation of Didymella bryoniae and a glasshouse method for […]

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In Vitro and Sporulation of Didymella bryoniae and a Glasshouse Method for Screening for Resistance of Cucumber

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 4:6-8 (article 3) 1981 A. C. van der Giessen and A. P. M. den Nijs Institute for Horticultural Plant Breeding, P. O. B. 16, The Netherlands At the Institute for Horticultural Plant Breeding (IVT) a breeding project for resistance against Didymella bryoniae (Auersw.) Rehm, syn. Mycosphaerella citrullina (C.O.Sm.) Gross. (common names: […]

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Seedling Death in Interspecific Crosses with Cucumis africanus L.f.

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 4:58-60 (article 30) 1981 A. P. M. den Nijs, D. L. Visser and J. B. M. Custers Institute for Horticultural Plant Breeding, P. O. Box 16, Wageningen, The Netherlands Three interspecific crosses with Cucumis africanus L.f. out of our crossability analysis of African Cucumis species (4) set seed, most of which […]

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Response of Some Cucurbita and Cucumis Accessions to Three Meloidogyne Species

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 4:53-55 (article 28) 1981 A. Dalmasso, R. Dumas de Vaulx and M. Pitrat Station de Recherches sur les Nematodes, INRA, 06602 Antibes Cedex, France (first author); Station d’Amelioration des Plantes Maraicheres, INRA, B.P. 94, 84140 Montfavet-Avignon, France (second and third authors) We have developed an interspecific hybridization program to introduce into […]

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Reciprocal Crosses Between Cucumis africanus L.f. and C. metuliferus Naud. III. Effects of Pollination Aids, Physiological Condition and Genetic Constitution of the Maternal Parent on Crossability

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 4:50-53 (article 27) 1981 J. B. M. Custers, A. P. M. den Nijs and A. W. Riepma Institute for Horticultural Plant Breeding, P. O. Box 16, Wageningen, The Netherlands The positive effect of mentor pollen and amino-ethoxy-vinyl-glycine (AVG) on the success of reciprocal crosses between Cucumis africanus L.f. and C. metuliferus […]

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Heart Shape Stage Embryos of Cucumis Species More Successful in Embryo Culture than Advanced Stage Embryos

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 4:48-49 (article 26) 1981 J. B. M. Custers Institute for Horticultural Plant Breeding, P. O. Box 16, Wageningen, The Netherlands Experience with general prerequisites of the artificial culture of vital embryos from self pollinated plants of Cucumis species is likely to be helpful to the culture of abortive embryos from interspecific […]

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1981 Other Cucurbit Genera and Species Reports

Report No. 4 Other Genera and Species Heart shape stage embryos of Cucumis species more successful in embryo culture than advanced stage embryos J.B.M. Custers (The Netherlands) CGC 4:48-49 (1981) Reciprocal crosses Between Cucumis africanus L.f. and C. metuliferus Naud. III. Effects of pollination aids, physiological condition and genetic constitution of the maternal parent on […]

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The Derivatives of ‘Fordhook Zucchini’ and Their Breeding Value

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 4:46 (article 25) 1981 O. Shifriss Department of Horticulture and Forestry, Cook College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08903 A cultivar by the name Fordhook Zucchini (Cucurbita pepo L.) was introduced by W. Atlee Burpee Co. in 1942. According to available information, this cultivar was obtained from M. Herb of Naples, […]

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