Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 8:7-8 (Article 3) 1985 A.P.M. den Nijs and I.W. Boukema Institute for Horticultural Plant Breeding (IVT), P.O. Box 16, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands During a visit of the first author to the Ukrainian Research Institute of Vegetable Gardening in Charkov, USSR, Dr. M.C. Efimov demonstrated the use of the ‘short […]
I. W. Boukema
The Reliability of a Seedling Test for Resistance to Root-Knot Nematodes in Cucurbits
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 7:92-93 (article 41) 1984 Boukema, I.W., G.T.M. Reuling and K. Hofman Institute for Horticultural Plant Breeding (IVT), P.O.B. 16, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands A seedling test is used to screen for resistance to root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne incognita Chitw.) in cucurbits (1). The level of resistance is measured by determining the […]
Umbrella Leaf: A Gene for Sensitivity to Low Humidity in Cucumber
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 6:24 (article 12) 1983 A.P.M. den Nijs and I. W. Boukema Institute for Horticultural Plant Breeding, P. O. Box 16, Wageningen, The Netherlands In a previous program to introduce parthenocarpy into the pickling cucumber, de Ponti (unpublished data) noticed distinct differences between breeding lines in their sensitivity to low relative humidity […]
Results of Linkage Studies and the Need for a Cooperative Effort to Map the Cucumber Genome
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 6:22-23 (article 11) 1983 A.P.M. den Nijs and I. W. Boukema Institute for Horticultural Plant Breeding, P. O. Box 16, Wageningen, The Netherlands Since the first comprehensive compilation of the genes of the Cucurbitaceae (1), several additions have been published by the Cucurbit Gene List Committee of the Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative […]