An Improved Procedure for Isolation of High Quality DNA from Watermelon and Melon Leaves

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 22:41-42 (article 15) 1999 Amnon Levi and Claude Thomas U.S. Vegetable Laboratory, USDA, ARS, 2875 Savannah Highway, Charleston, South Carolina 29414 Our previous experiments in isolating DNA from watermelon leaves using the basic cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) procedure (Saghi Maroof et al., 1984; Rogers and Bendich, 1985; Doyle and Doyle, 1987) resulted […]

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Inoculation Conditions to Evaluate Resistance to Alternaria cucumerina (Ellis & Everh.) Elliot in Muskmelon

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 7:55-57 (article 25) 1984 Thomas, Claude E. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Vegetable Laboratory, 2875 Savannah Highway, Charleston, SC 29407 Alternaria cucumerina incites leaf blight of various cucurbits throughout the world (2). This disease is particularly severe on muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.) in the southeastern and Midwestern production […]

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