Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 23:24-26 (article 7) 2000 A. Iglesias, B. Pico, and F. Nuez Department of Biotechnology (Genetics), Polytechnic University of Valencia, Camino de Vera, 14 46022, Valencia, Spain Vine decline is a major root-rot disease of melon crops (cucumis melo L.) around the world (3). Plants affected by this disease suffer root damage […]
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Artificial Inoculation Methods for Screening Melons Against Melon Vine Decline
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 23:21-23 (article 6) 2000 A. Iglesias, B. Pico, and F. Nuez Department of Biotechnology (Genetics), Polytechnic University of Valencia, Camino de Vera, 14 46022, Valencia, Spain Development of disease resistant melon cultivars is the most promising strategy to reduce the economical damage caused by melon vine decline. To date, field assays […]
Cucurbita spp. and Lagenaria siceraria Collection at the Center for Conservation and Breeding of Agricultural Biodiversity (CCMAV), Polytechnical University of Valencia
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 23:60-61 (article 19) 2000 F. Nuez, P. Fernandez de Cordova, M. Ferriol, J.V. Valcarcel, B. Pico and M.J. Diez Center for Conservation and Breeding of Agricultural Biodiversity (CCMAV), Camino de Vera 14, 46022, Valencia, Spain. E-mail:[email protected] The Center for Conservation and Breeding of Agricultural Biodiversity, (CCMAV) located at the Polytechnical University […]
Melon Dieback: Effect of Thermic Stress and Inoculum
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 20:35-36 (article 16) 1997 A. Iglesias and F. Nuez Deparagemto de Biotecnologia, Universidad Politecnica de Valecia , 46022 Valencia , Spain Melon dieback is a serious disease affecting melon, and has been responsible for severe economic losses in many areas of Spain since the early 1980’s (1). With the aim of […]
Germplasm Resources of Citrullus lanatus in the Genebank of the Polytechnic University of Valencia
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 18:52-54 (article 25) 1995 Fernandez de Cordova, P., M.J. Diez, A. Iglesias and F. Nuez Departmento de Biotechnologia, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, 46022, Valencia, Spain The Genebank of the Polytechnic University of Valencia holds 5436 accessions of vegetable species. Of these, 2221 of them belong to the Cucurbitaceae, 201 of which are watermelon […]
Field Resistance to Melon Dieback in Cucumis melo L.
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 17:76-77 (article 21) 1994 J. Esteva; F. Nuez Dpto. Ingenieria Aplicada. Universidad de Murcia. Cartagena (Murcia) SPAIN; Dpto. Biotecnologia. Universidad Politecnica de Valencia. 46022. SPAIN Melon dieback continues being a serious vine decline disease in melons grown in Spain. The latest reports of CGC (1,2,3) comment on the nature of this […]
Cucumis melo L. Accessions of the Genebank of the Polytechnical University of Valencia.
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 17:57-60 (article 15) 1994 F. Nuez, J. Prohens, M.J. Diez, and P. Fernandex de Cordova Depto. Biotecnologia. Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, 46022, SPAIN The Genebank of the Polytechnical University of Valencia (Documentation Center of genus Cucumis) currently has available more than 500 accessions of melon (Cucumis melo L.). Although most of […]
Resistance to Melon Dieback in Spanish Landraces of Melon
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 16:37-38 (article 12) 1993 F. Nuez, J. Esteva Depto. Biotecnologia. Universidad Politecnica de Valencia (UPV), SPAIN, Dpto. Ingenieria Aplicada. Universidad de Murcia, SPAIN Melon dieback is a serious vine decline disease of melon in Spain (2, 3). The primary origin of this disease has been attributed to several ground fungus [Rhizoctonia […]
Search for Sources of Resistance to a Melon Dieback Disease in Spain
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 15:55-56 (article 20) 1992 J. Esteva, F. Nuez and J. Garvia-Jimenez Dpto. Biotecnologia. Universidad Politecnica de Valencia (UPV), Spain; Dpto. Produccion Vegetal. Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain In the Spanish Mediterranean coast a disease has appeared which brings about the sudden death of melon plants. In the Valencian area this disease […]
Search for Sources of Resistance to a Whitefly Transmitted Yellowing Disease in Melon
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:59-60 (article 22) 1991 F. Nuez, J. Esteva, C. Soria and M.L. Gomez-Guillamon Dpto. Biotecnologia. Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain; Estacion Experimental “La Mayora”, Algarrobo-Costa (Malaga), Spain The principal Spanish area for greenhouse vegetable cultivation is the south-east coast. For some time, a yellowing disease has been a serious problem for […]