Optimum Plot Size for Once-over Harvest of Pickling and Fresh- market Cucumbers

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 7:35-36 (article 16) 1984 T.C. Wehner and W.H. Swallow North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695 An efficient method for measuring yield in cucumbers is to count the fruit number in small plots harvested once-over. This can be done with both pickling and freshmarket cucumbers, and is a useful predictor of […]

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1984 Cucumber Report

Report No. 7 Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) Effects of the determinate locus on number of lateral branches in crosses between four cucumber lines and Cucumis sativusvar. hardwickii D.E. Delaney and R.L. Lower (USA) CGC 7:3-5 (1984) Facilitation of self-pollination in gynoecious cucumber with silver nitrate treatment of cuttings Soo-Nyeon Kwack and Kunimitsu Fujieda (Japan) CGC 7:6-7 (1984) Pickling […]

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The Inheritance of the ‘Moon and Stars’ Variegation in Citrullus lanatus

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 6:68 (article 34) 1983 B. B. Rhodes, Gary Nepa and Stephen Love Clemson University, Edisto Experiment Station, Blackville, SC 29817 Seeds from an old cultivar of watermelons, labeled ‘Moon and Stars’, were obtained from an unidentified farmer in North Carolina several years ago. Its origin is not known. The ‘Moon and […]

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Resistance to Anthracnose in Cucurbits – An Overview

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 6:66-67 (article 33) 1983 B. B. Rhodes and S. Love Clemson University, Edisto Experiment Station, Blackville, SC 29817 The genetics of anthracnose resistance and the physiology of anthracnose resistance are approaching the integration stage in cucurbits. Barnes and Epps (1) reported that two types of resistance to anthracnose exist in cucumber. […]

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Presence of Factors for Delayed Germination in Citrullus lanatus and Citrullus colocynthis

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 6:64-65 (article 32) 1983 B. B. Rhodes and Stephen L. Love Clemson University, Edisto Experiment Station, Blackville, SC 29817 Citrullus lanatus PI 299379 and PI 189225 and Citrullus colocynthis ‘R309’ show delayed germination. Since these three genotypes have shown resistance to race 2 anthracnose, we have been particularly interested in germination because poor germination […]

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The Relationship Between Fruit Lesions and Foliage Destruction of Watermelon Biotypes Inoculated with Race 2 Anthracnose

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 6:62-63 (article 31) 1983 B. B. Rhodes Clemson University, Edisto Experiment Station, Blackville, SC 29817 This study was undertaken to determine whether resistant biotypes (1), have fewer fruit lesions than susceptible cultivars and also to determine if spore production was effected on fruit sections from fruit on resistant vines. Seven replications […]

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The Importance of Cultural Practices in Materializing Yield Potential in a Tetraploid Watermelon Cultivar

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 6:59-61 (article 30) 1983 Z. Karchi, H. Nerson, H. S. Paris, M. Edelstein and A. Govers Division of Vegetable Crops, Agricultural Research Organization, Newe Ya’ar Experiment Station, P. O. Haifa, Israel Breeding programs in watermelons are undertaken to improve one or more characteristics. Sometimes the process results in genotypes that differ […]

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Chiasma Frequency in Different Sex Forms of Muskmelon

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 6:54-56 (article 28) 1983 C. Ramachandran, V. S. Seshadri and R. A. Pai Divisions of Vegetable and Floriculture and Genetics, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110 012- India The pairing behavior of chromosomes at meiosis is closely associated with recombination. Chiasma frequency is a cytological measure of such recombinations. The relationship […]

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