Transformation of Cucumber with Agrobacterium rhizogenes

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 12:35-36 (article 14) 1989 F. van der Mark, J.H.W. Bergervoet and J.B.M. Custers Institute for Horticultural Plant Breeding (IVT), P.O. Box 16, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands Agrobacterium rhizogenes includes hairy root disease in many dicotyledonous plants. The root including ability is conferred to plant cells by bacterial genes (T-DNA) which […]

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Development of Callus and Somatic Embryos from Zygotic Embryos of Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 11:1-2 (article 1) 1988 J.B.M. Custers, J.E.M. van Deelen and J.H.W. Bergervoet Institute for Horticultural Plant Breeding (OVT), P.O. Box 16, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands In the cross Cucumis sativus x C, melo seeded fruits often develop, but the embryos cease growth at the globular-0shaped stage (2). Embryo rescue procedures, […]

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Embryo Size in Cucumis sativus x C. melo as Affected by Irradiation of the Pollen and Genotype of the Female Parent

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 7:94-95 (article 42) 1984 Custers, J.B.M. and J.H.W. Bergervoet Institute for Horticultural Plant Breeding, P.O. Box 16, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands The cross Cucumis sativus x C. melo so far failed because the embryos cease their development at the globular- shaped stage (2). Embryo culture procedures suitable for non- hybrid […]

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In vitro adventitious bud formation on seedling and embryo explants of Cucumis sativus L.

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 3:2-4 (article 1) 1980 J.B.M. Custers and J.H.W. Bergervoet Institute for Horticultural Plant Breeding, Wageningen, The Netherlands We have previously reported on the effects of illumination, explant position, and explant polarity on adventitious bud formation of seedling explants of Cucumis sativus cv. ‘Hokus’ (1). This paper reports on experiments on explant length, seedling […]

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