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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Hypersensitivity to Anthracnose Infection in Citrullus lanatus
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 4:32-33 (article 16) 1981 B. B. Rhodes Edisto Experiment Station, P. O. Box 247, Blackville, SC 29817 Van der Plank (3) discussed the hypersensitivity reaction in plants as first defined by Muller. It includes the morphological and histological change that when produced by an infectious agent, elicit the premature dying of […]
Inheritance of a Pale Seedling Character in Citrullus lanatus
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 3:39-40 (article 22) 1980 B. B. Rhodes Edisto Experiment Station, Blackville, SC 29817 The pale seedling character in watermelon was as described previously (1). On first examination, the character appeared to be associated with resistance to race 2 anthracnose (AR2). In 1979 the inheritance of this character and its relationship to […]
An Additional Seed Length Class in Watermelon
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 3:38 (article 21) 1980 B. B. Rhodes Edisto Experiment Station, Blackville, SC 29817 Poole, Grimball and Porter (1) reported digenic control of seed length in watermelon. A ratio of 9 medium (10 mm mean length): 3 long (13 mm mean length) : 4 short (6 mm mean length) was reported. The […]
Race 2 Anthracnose Resistance in a Watermelon Line With a Pale Leaf Character
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 2:29-30 (article 18) 1979 B. B. Rhodes Edisto Experiment Station, Blackville, SC 29817 Hadwiger and Hall (1) reported increased growth of Colletotrichum orbiculare on the dark green striped rind area of ‘Garrisonian’ watermelon fruits. No other report relating this disease to the pigmentation of the watermelon fruit or vine is known. A pale […]
Preliminary Report on Association of Diabrotica Resistance and Morphological Characters in Watermelon
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 2:28 (article 17) 1979 B. B. Rhodes Edisto Experiment Station, Blackville, SC 29817 Chambliss and Cuthbert (1) determined that resistance to Diabrotica in watermelon was controlled by a single recessive gene. No association between this gene and other genes has been reported. We are currently investigating the assortment of genes for Diabrotica resistance, dwarf habit, […]