Preharvest Foliar Calcium Treatments for Reduction of Postharvest Myrothecium Fruit Rot of Muskmelon

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 17:78-80 (article 22) 1994 J.O. Kuti and E.C. Boehm Department of Agronomy & Resource Sciences, Hort. Crops Research Lab., Texas A&M University-Kingsville, TX 78363, USA Muskmelons (Cucumis melo L.) are perishable horticultural commodity with variable storage lifes depending on the botanical variety. For example, honeydew and casaba melons (C. melo var. […]

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Effect of Pollination Techniques on Fruit Set and Seed Yield of Egusi Melon (Citrullus colocynthis)

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 15:80-81 (article 31) 1992 J.O. Kuti and C. Rovelo Horticulture Research Laboratory, College of Agriculture, Texas A&I University, Kingsville, TX 78363 Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad, known as egusi melon in Nigeria, belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family (3). It is a prostrate herbaceous perennial, probably an ancestral type of watermelon, and is […]

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Plant Regeneration from Callus Cultures of Citrullius colocynthis

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:107-108 (article 37) 1991 T.W. Frazier and J.O. Kuti Horticulture Research Laboratory, College of Agriculture, Texas A&I University, Kingsville, TX 78363. Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad. belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family and produces edible seeds rich in oil and protein (4). The plant is a long-lived perennial, indegenous to Africa and the […]

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