Preparation of Nuclei from in vitro Watermelon Shoot Tissue for Cell Flow Cytometry

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 22:43-46 (article 16) 1999 Ying Li School of Plant, Statistical and Ecological Sciences, 111 Poole Agricultural Center, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634 John F. Whitesides School of Animal & Veterinary Sciences, C123 Poole Agricultural Center, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634 Bill Rhodes School of Plant, Statistical and Ecological Sciences, 111 Poole […]

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In vitro Generation of Tetraploid Watermelon with Two Dinitroanilines and Colchicine

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 22:38-40 (article 14) 1999 Ying Li School of Plant, Statistical and Ecological Sciences, 111 Poole Agricultural Center, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634 John F. Whitesides School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, C123 Poole Agricultural Center, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634 Bill Rhodes School of Plant, Statistical and Ecological Sciences, 111 Poole […]

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1999 Gene List for Watermelon

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 22:61-77 (article 23) 1999 Bill Rhodes Horticulture Department, E142 Poole Agriculture center, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0375 Fenny Dane Department of Horticulture, 101 Funchess Hall, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849 Lists of the genes of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. and Nakaio) have been published previously in HortScience, 1976 (40) and […]

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1995 Gene List for Watermelon

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 18:69-84 (article 33) 1995 Bill Rhodes and Xingping Zhang Horticulture Department, E 142 Poole Agriculture Center, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0375 Lists of the genes of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum and Nakai) have been published previously in HortScience, 1976 (35), and in the Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Reports in 1979 (3), […]

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A New Morphological Marker in Watermelon, Juvenile Albino (ja)

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 17:101 (article 30) 1994 Xingping Zhang and Bill Rhodes Horticulture Department, Box 340375, Clemson University, Clemson, Sc 29634-0375 In 1992, a new morphological variant, which we name “juvenile albino” (ja) was observed in two populations – selfed ‘Dixilee’ and an F2 population of G17AB (ms ms) x ‘Dixilee’. To our knowledge, […]

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Fertility Shift in an In Vitro Regenerated Male-sterile Line in Watermelon

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 16:80 (article 30) 1993 Xingping Zhang and Bill Rhodes Department of Horticulture, Box 340375, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0375 Regeneration of a male-sterile line was begun in November of 1991. Cotyledons from 20-day old fruit (ms ms x Ms ms) were inoculated on 10 μ M BA regeneration medium (Adelberg and […]

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Male Sterile, ms, in Watermelon not Linked to Delayed Green, dg and I-dg

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 16:79 (article 29) 1993 Xingping Zhang and Bill Rhodes Department of Horticulture, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0375 The genetic male-sterile ms, from China (1) has been reported to be unlinked to gms (1) and Sp (2). Data are reported here on its relationship to the two genes that determine delayed green […]

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Inheritance of Resistance to Races 0, 1, and 2 of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum in Watermelon (Citrullus sp. PI 296341)

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 16:77-78 (article 28) 1993 Xingping Zhang and Bill Rhodes Horticulture Department, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0375 Martyn and Netzer (1) reported Citrullus sp. PI 296341-FR to be 100% resistant to races 0 and 1 of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum but segregating for resistance to race 2. We report here inheritance […]

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Improved Germination Rate After 8 Years in Certain Watermelon Families

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 15:82-83 (article 32) 1992 Bill Rhodes, Jian Nong Zhang and Xingping Zhang, W.C. Bridges, Jr. Department of Horticulture, E-142 Poole Agricultural Center, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA, Department of Experimental Statistics, F-148 Poole Agricultural Center, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0367 Rhodes and Love (1) noted that germination rates were severely […]

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