Interspecific Hybridization in Cucumis spp.

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:69-70 (article 26) 1991 M. Chatterjee and T.A. More Division of Vegetable Crops, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India 110012 Research work conducted in this Institute revealed that high level resistance to cucumber green mottle mosaic virus (CGMMV) is not available in cultivated forms of melon (Cucumis melo L.). Nevertheless, […]

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Techniques to Overcome Barrier of Interspecific Hybridization in Cucumis

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:66-68 (article 25) 1991 M. Chatterjee and T. A. More Division of Vegetable Crops, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India 110012 Our efforts to achieve the interspecific hybrid in Cucumis species through conventional breeding procedures were unsuccessful becaue of the existence of a pre-fertilization barrier. The barrier was characterized by […]

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