Watermelon Fruit Blotch Infection Rates in Diploids and Triploids

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 19:70-72 (article 26) 1996 B.B. Rhodes, X.P. Zhang, J.T. Garrett and C. Fang Horticulture Department, E 142 Poole Center, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634 Watermelon fruit blotch (WFB) caused by the bacterium now known as Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli was first noted in south Carolina in 1989. the pathogen from an […]

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Triploid Watermelons Resist Fruit Blotch Organism

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 18:56-58 (article 27) 1995 J.T. Garret, B.B. Rhodes and Xingping Zhang Department of Horticulture, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634 Watermelon fruit blotch disease (WFB), presently attributed to the bacterium Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli, is a devastating disease which renders infected watermelon [Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsumura and Nakai] fruits unmarketable. This disease […]

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RAPD Molecular Markers in Watermelon

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 17:116-119 (article 34) 1994 X.P. Zhang and B.B. Rhodes; H. Skorupska Dept. of Horticulture, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634; Dept. of Agronomy and Soils and Biological Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, Sc 29634 Watermelon is grown worldwide, yet genetic evaluation is far behind other important crops such as cucumber and melon (Henderson, […]

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Shoot Regeneration from Immature Cotyledons of Watermelon

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 17:111-115 (article 33) 1994 X.P. Zhang, B.B. Rhodes and J.W. Adelberg Department of Horticulture, E-142 Poole Agricultural Center, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0375 Genetic transformation and somaclonal variation can be efficient alternatives to traditional breeding techniques for varietal improvement. However, an efficient regeneration system is essential for in vitro techniques to […]

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Protoplast Isolation and Culture of Watermelon Cotyledons

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 16:81-83 (article 31) 1993 Caiping Ma, X.P. Zhang, B.B. Rhodes and J.W. Adelberg Horticulture Dept., Box 340375, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634 Protoplast culture and subsequent regeneration could lead to more rapid genetic progress with watermelon. Experiments were conducted to define conditions for protoplast culture of cotyledons. Effects of Mannitol, Cellulase […]

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The Effect of the Branchless Gene bl on Plant Morphology in Watermelon

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 15:74-75 (article 29) 1992 Depei Lin, Tong Wang and Yejun Wang; Xingping Zhang and B.B. Rhodes Horticulture Department, August 1st Agricultural College, Urumqi, Xinjiang 850003 PR China, Department of Horticulture, E-142 Poole Agricultural Center, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0375 The branch less variant in watermelon (1) was discovered by Xu Liguan […]

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Use of a Detached Leaf Assay for Race 1 and Race 2 Anthracnose Resistance in a Diallel cross with Citrullus

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 15:84-86 (article 33) 1992 B.B. Rhodes, Xingping Zhang, Ralph A. Dean, Jennifer Frick, and Jian Nong Zhang Department of Horticulture, E-142 Poole Agricultural Center, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0375, Department of Plant Pathology and Physiology, B-03 Long Hall, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, and Melon Research Institute, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, […]

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A Strategy Toward Varietal Resistance to Watermelon Fruit Blotch

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:102-103 (article 35) 1991 B.B. Rhodes and N.V. Desamero, and Xingping Zhang Department of Horticulture, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, Department of Horticulture, Northwestern Agricultural University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712102, People’s Republic of China The disease called watermelon fruit blotch (WFB) appeared in the summer of 1989, first in Florida and subsequently […]

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R309, A Selection of Citrullus colocynthis with Mutagenic Resistance to Colletyotrichum lagenarium race 2

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:92-97 (article 33) 1991 S.L. Love and B.B. Rhodes Assistant Professor, University of Idaho, Aberdeen ID 83210 and Professor, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29632, respectively Anthracnose, caused by Colletotricum lagenarium (Pass.) Ell. and Halst., is a widespread disease of cucurbits (5). It is especially destructive on watermelon (Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum […]

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Segregation Data Suggest Male Sterility Genes gms and ms in Watermelon Are Not in the Same Linkage Group

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:90-91 (article 32) 1991 B.A. Murdock, N. H. Ferguson and B.B. Rhodes Departments of Horticulture (1st and 3rd authors) and Agronomy (2nd author), Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29364. The gms and ms traits in watermelon have both been previously reported as the expression of single recessive nuclear genes in apparent non-allelic […]

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