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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Further Observations on “Birdsnest” Muskmelons

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 5:28-29 (article 14) 1982 H. S. Paris, Z. Karchi, H. Nelson, M. Edelstein, A. Govers and D. Freudenberg Division of Vegetable Crops, Agricultural Research Organization, Newe Ya’ar Experiment Station, P.O. Haifa, Israel The birdsnest plant type or growth habit of muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.) has been described and compared with the familiar […]

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