Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 15:53 (article 18) 1992 Carl D. Clayberg Department of Horticulture and Forestry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506-4002, USA The melon genes green flesh (gf) and white flesh (wf) have each been reported to be inherited as simple recessives to orange flesh (2, 3). However, their interaction has not been described. […]
Carl D. Clayberg
Reinterpretation of Fruit Color Inheritance in Cucurbita pepo L.
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 15:90-92 (article 35) 1992 Carl D. Clayberg Department of Horticulture and Forestry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506-4002, USA Most of the literature describes fruit striping in this species as being due to a single dominant gene, St, (1, 2, 5), which has been found to be part of an allelic […]
Pollen Competition in Melon and Effects on Seed and Fruit Vigor
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:63-65 (article 24) 1991 Carl D. Clayberg Department of Horticulture, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 665006 Recent research in Cucurbita has indicated that pollen competition can improve seed quality (1). In the course of a breeding program to develop bush melons using the si-1 (short internode) gene (5), I encountered difficulties […]