Inheritance of Light Green Flower Color (gf) in Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 22:31-33 (article 12) 1999 Young-Seok Kwon National Alpine Agricultural Experiment Station, Pyongchang, Korea.232-950 Fenny Dane Department of Horticulture, Auburn University, AL 36849 USA Introduction Watermelon, Citrullus lanatus (Thunb,) is cultivated in many countries of the world. It is an important vegetable crop in Korea, where the acreage in 1998 was more […]

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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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New Resistance to Race 2 of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum in Watermelon

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 21:37-39 (article 13) 1998 Fenny Dane, Leigh K. Hawkins and Joseph D. Norton Department of Horticulture, Auburn University, AL 36849, USA Young-Seok Kwon and Young-Hyun Om Alpine Agricultural Experiment Station, Pyongchang, 232-950, Rep. of Korea Introduction. Fusarium wilt of watermelon caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum (E.F. Sm.) Snyd. & […]

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Inheritance of Bitterness in Cucurbita pepo L.

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 10:76-77 (article 39) 1987 Fenny Dane, A. G. Hunter, and O. L. Chambliss Department of Horticulture and Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Auburn University, AL 36849 Cucurbitacins are very bitter and toxic secondary plant substances which can be found in roots, cotyledons and fruits of many cucurbit species. Synthesis of the bitter […]

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