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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Resistance to Acremonium sp. in Spanish Landraces of Melon

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:49-50 (article 17) 1991 J. Garcia-Jimenes, A. Alfaro, J. Esteva, F. Nuez and M. T. Velazquez Dpto. Produccion Vegetal. Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain (first and second author); Dpto. Biotecnologia, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain (third and fourth author); Generaltat Valenciana, STT, Moncada, Valencia, Spain (fifth author) Melon dieback is a […]

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Ten Interspecific Crosses in the Genus Cucumis: A Preparatory Study to Seek Crosses Resistant to Melon Yellowing Disease.

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 13:31-33 (article 12) 1990 C. Soria and M. L. Gómez-Guillamón Estación Experimental “La Mayora”, Algarrobo-Costa, (Málaga), Spain J. Esteva and F. Nuez Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain Some wild species of the Cucumis genus show resistance to different plant pests and diseases, and consequently they may be useful experimental material for […]

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Resistance to Yellowing Disease in Muskmelon

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 12:44-45 (article 19) 1989 J. Esteva, F. Nuez and M.L. Gomez-Guillamon Departmento de Biotecnologia, Universidad Politecnica, Camino de Vera no 14 46020 Valencia, Spain (first and second authors); Estacion Experimental La Mayora. 49750 Algarrobo-Costa, Malaga, Spain (third author) Cultivation of greenhouse muskmelon on the south east coast of Spain is being […]

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