Characterization of Identified Disease Resistant Lines in Melon, Cucumis melo L.

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 23:37-40 (article110) 2000 J. Jain and V.K. Verma Division of Vegetable Crops, IARI, New Delhi, 110012, India Muskmelon, Cucumis melo L. is an important cucurbitaceous crop, being grown extensively in the garden land and riverbeds. Most important limiting factors in the production of muskmelon are devastating diseases like Fusarium wilt, GCMMV […]

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Selection and Characterization of Known Genetic Marker Accessions for Hybridization with Commercial Varieties of Cucumis melo L.

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 19:49-52 (article 18) 1996 J. Jain, T.A. More Division of Vegetable Crops, 1ARI, New Delhi-110012, India; Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India Introduction. The available cultivars of melon (Cucumis melo L.) require improvement in their resistance to diseases like powdery mildew, Fusarium wilt and CGMMV, in addition to […]

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Preliminary Screening of Indigenous Cultivars and a Few Known Marker Lines of Cucumis melo for Fusarium Wilt and CGMMV Resistance

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 17:69-71 (article 18) 1994 J. Jain and T.A. More Division of Vegetable Crops, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi – 110012, INDIA Fusarium wilt (3,4,6) among the fungal diseases and CGMMV (4) among the viral diseases have been found to be responsible for the total eradication of the crop in Delhi […]

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Genotypic Control of Regeneration Potential in Cucumis melo

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 16:53-54 (article 19) 1993 J. Jain and T.A. More Division of Vegetable Crops, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi – 110012, INDIA Present study was undertaken to outline the genotypic control of regeneration potential in C. melo. Three sex forms viz. andromonoecious (Pusa Madhuras), gynoecious (GM-5D, GM-7 and GM-6E-7) and monoecious […]

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