In vitro adventitious bud formation on seedling and embryo explants of Cucumis sativus L.

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 3:2-4 (article 1) 1980 J.B.M. Custers and J.H.W. Bergervoet Institute for Horticultural Plant Breeding, Wageningen, The Netherlands We have previously reported on the effects of illumination, explant position, and explant polarity on adventitious bud formation of seedling explants of Cucumis sativus cv. ‘Hokus’ (1). This paper reports on experiments on explant length, seedling […]

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1980 Resolution and Notes

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 3:ii-iv (introduction) 1980 Resolution Resolution and notes of organization meeting, October 28, 1976, Denver Hilton, Denver, Colorado, U.S.A. The following resolution was adopted by research workers interested in organizing the Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative: The Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative is organized to develop and advance the genetics of economically important cucurbits. Membership to […]

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Male Sterile-1: Stability of Expression

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 3:31 (article 17) 1980 J. D. McCreight U. S. Agricultural Research Station, Salinas, CA 93915 Muskmelon male sterile-1 reported by Bohn and Whitaker (1) has not been utilized in F1 hybrid melon production. Plant breeders report ms-1/ms-1 plants difficult to identify. Some breeders have stated that the male sterile phenotype is not stable and have […]

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1980 Cucumber Report

Report No. 3 Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) In vitro adventitious bud formation on seedling and embryo explants of Cucumis sativus L. J.B.M. Custers and J.H.W. Bergervoet (The Netherlands) CGC 3:2-4 (1980) Rosette, a spontaneous cucumber mutant arising from cucumber- muskmelon mentor pollination A.C. de Ruiter, B.J. van der Knap and R. W. Robinson (The Netherlands and USA) CGC 3:4 […]

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Taxonomy of Cucumis callosus (Rottl.) Cogn. – The Wild Melon of India

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 3:66-67 (article 36) 1980 V. A. Parthasarathy and C. N. Sambandam Division of Horticulture, ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Shillong – 793 003, India (first author); Faculty of Agriculture, Annamalai University, TN-608 101, India (second author) Cucumis callosus, a feral species of India, has attracted the attention of muskmelon breeders, […]

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Taxonomic Position of Dosakaya (Cucumis sp.) – The Acid Melon of India

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 3:63 (article 35) 1980 V. A. Parthasarathy¹ and C. N. Sambandam² Division of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu – 608 101, India Dosakaya is a cultivated Cucumis grown in Andhra Pradesh, for its sour fruits which are used in many culinary preparations ranging from curries to pickles. According to Rao […]

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Karyo-Morphology of Cucumis callosus (Rottl.) Cogn.

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 3:63 (article 34) 1980 V. A. Parthasarathy and C. N. Sambandam ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Shillong-793 003, India (first author); Faculty of Agriculture, Annamalai University TN-608 101, India (second author) Detailed karyo-morphological studies of Cucumis callosus were made from root tip squashes following the procedure of Parthasarathy and Sampathkumar […]

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Reciprocal Crosses Between Cucumis africanus L.f. and C. metuliferus Naud. I. Overcoming Barriers to Fertilization by Mentor Pollen AVG

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 3:60-62 (article 33) 1980 A. P. M. den Nijs, J. B. M. Custers and A. J. Kooistra Institute for Horticultural Plant Breeding, Wageningen, The Netherlands Cucumis africanus L.f. carries resistance to cucumber green mottle mosaic virus, and C. metuliferus Naud. to root knot nematodes. We wish to introduce these resistances into the cultivated cucumber, C. […]

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Problems with the Identification of Cucumis L. taxa

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 3:55-59 (article 32) 1980 L. van Leeuwen and A.P.M. den Nijs Institute for Horticultural Plant Breeding, Wageningen, The Netherlands The Cucumis-working group at our Institute attempts to introduce resistances of several African species of Cucumis L. into the cultivated cucumber C. sativus L. We have, therefore, collected a large number of species from all over the […]

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