Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 19:63-65 (article 23) 1996 N. Spetsidis, G. Sapountzakis and A.S. Tsaftaris Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece ‘Galia’ is one of the most important melon genotypes cultivated in greenhouses in the Mediterranean basin. In vitro techniques for clonal micropropagation have been used with good results in […]
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Transfer and Expression of the Firefly Luciferase Gene in Cucumber
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 19:38-41 (article 15) 1996 G. Sapountzakus and A.S. Tsaftaris Dept. Genetics and Plant Breeding, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece Introduction. Cucumber can be infected with Agrobacterium and through this infection can be genetically transformed. Transgenic cucumber plants of the cultivar Straight 8 expressing the selection neomycin phosphotransferase II (npt II) gene […]
Micropropagation of the Cucumber Hybrids ‘Brunex’ and ‘Bambina’
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 17:50-53 (article 13) 1994 G. Sapountzakis, A.S. Tsaftaris Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania, Greece; Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece The female parthenocarpic cucumber hybrids which are cultivated in greenhouses have considerable economic importance during the winter period in the European market. The plants are very […]