Evaluation of the U.S. Cucumber Germplasm Collection for Tolerance to Soil Moisture Deficit

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 15:1-3 (article 1) 1992 E. Van Wann U.S.D.A. Agricultural Research Service, South Central Agricultural Research Laboratory, Lane, Oklahoma 74555 One of the objectives of the U.S. National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS) is to evaluate and develop an automated descriptive inventory of all accessions (plant introductions) in the system. The Germplasm Resources […]

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1992 Cucumber Reports

1992 Report No. 15 Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) Evaluation of the U.S. cucumber germplasm collection for tolerance to soil moisture deficit E. Van Wann (USA) CGC 15:1-3 (1992) Phylogenetic relationships among several African Cucumis species: A working evolutionary hypothesis J.E. Staub & L.D. Knerr (USA) CGC 15:4-6 (1992) Cucumber germplasm resources in southwest China Si-Lin Yang (P.R. China) […]

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Some considerations about expression of marker genes in experiments of genetic transformation in Cucumis anguria var longipes by coculturing cotyledon explants with Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 15:97-101 (article 37) 1992 R. Santana, V. Moreno and L.A. Roig Plant Cell & Tissue Culture Laboratory. Biotechnology Department, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia. Camino de Vera, 14. 46022-Valencia (Spain) Introduction Cucumis anguria var longipes is a wild cucurbitaceous species in which resistance to ‘yellowing virus disease’, cucumber green mottle mosaic virus, […]

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Impact of Powdery Mildew and Gummy Stem Blight on Collapse of Pumpkins (Cucurbita pepo)

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 15:93-96 (article 36) 1992 T. A. Zitter and M. M. Kyle Departments of Plant Pathology and Plant Breeding, Cornell University, Ithica, NYU 14853 Powdery mildew (PM) caused by Sphaerotheca fuliginea and gummy stem blight (GSB) / black rot caused by Didymella bryoniae (teleomorph) and Phoma cucurbitacearum (anamorph) are important diseases of […]

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Improved Germination Rate After 8 Years in Certain Watermelon Families

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 15:82-83 (article 32) 1992 Bill Rhodes, Jian Nong Zhang and Xingping Zhang, W.C. Bridges, Jr. Department of Horticulture, E-142 Poole Agricultural Center, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA, Department of Experimental Statistics, F-148 Poole Agricultural Center, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0367 Rhodes and Love (1) noted that germination rates were severely […]

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Effect of Pollination Techniques on Fruit Set and Seed Yield of Egusi Melon (Citrullus colocynthis)

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 15:80-81 (article 31) 1992 J.O. Kuti and C. Rovelo Horticulture Research Laboratory, College of Agriculture, Texas A&I University, Kingsville, TX 78363 Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad, known as egusi melon in Nigeria, belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family (3). It is a prostrate herbaceous perennial, probably an ancestral type of watermelon, and is […]

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