Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 22:21-23 (article 9) 1999 El Tahir I. Mohamed¹ and M. Pitrat² ¹Agricultural Research Corporation, P.O. Box 126, Wad Medani, Sudan ²INRA, Station de Genetique dt d’Amelioration des Fruits et Legumes, B.P. 94, 84143 Montfavet cedex, France Melon (Cucumis melo L.) is a polymorphic species that has been classified into several intra-specific […]
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Genetic Control and Linkages of Some Fruit Characters in Melon
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 22:16-18 (article 7) 1999 C. Perin, C. Dogimont, N. Giovinazzo, D. Besombes, L. Guitton, L. Hagen, and M. Pitrat INRA, Station de Genetique et d’Amelioration des Fruits et Legumes, BP 94, 84143 Montfavet Cedex (France) Introduction Cucumis melo L. is a very polymorphic species, especially for fruit characters like ripening, shape, […]
Description and Inheritance of an Albino Mutant in Melon
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 22:14-15 (article 6) 1999 D. Besombes, N. Giovinazzo, C. Olivier, C. Dogimont, and M. Pitrat INRA, Station de Genetique et d’Amelioration des Fruits et Legumes, BP 94, 84143 Montfavet Cedex (France) A spontaneous albino mutant of Cucumis melo L. has been observed ion ‘Trystrorp’, an accession from Sweden. Cotyledons are white […]
Interaction between monoecy and male sterility in melon
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 18:38-39 (article 18) 1995 M. Pitrat INRA, Station d’ Amelioration des Plantes Maraicheres, B.P. 94, 84143 Montfavet cedex (France) In the original male sterile-4 mutant (ms-4) of Cucumis melo the first male flowers turn yellow at bud stage (when the flower is about 1-2 mm) and do not open (2). The […]
Cochleare folium, a mutant with spoon-shaped leaf in melon
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 18:37-37 (article 17) 1995 M. LeCouviour, M. Pitrat, C. Olivier and M. Ricard Clause Semences Professionnelles, Mas Saint Pierre, 13210 Saint Remy (France); INRA, Station d’ Amelioration des Plantes Maraicheres, B.P. 94, 84143 Montfavet cedex (France) In a breeding program in ‘Galia’ type melon (Cucumis melo L.), a spontaneous mutant has […]
A Virescent mutant in melon
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 18: 37-37 (article 16) 1995 M. Pitrat, C. Olivier and M. Ricard INRA, Station d’ Amelioration des Plantes Maraicheres, B.P. 94, 84143 Montfavet cedex (France) A mutant of Cucumis melo L. has been described with white cotyledons which later turn green and light green young leaves which turn normal green when […]
Obtention of haploid plants induced by irradiated pollen in watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:109-110 (article 38) 1991 N. Gursoz, K. Abak, M. Pitrat, J.C. Rode andR. Dumas de Vaulx Cukurova University, Faculty of Agriculture, Dept. of Horticulture, Adana (Turkey), Station d’Amelioration des Plantes Maraicheres, I.N.R.A., BP 94,84143 Montfavet Cedex (France) The first haploid plant in Cucurbitaceae was observed spontaneously in cucumber in 1958 (1). […]
Two Virescent Mutants in Melon (Cucumis melo)
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:45 (article 15) 1991 M. Pitrat, G. Risser, C. Ferriere, C. Olivier, and M. Ricard Station d’ Amelioration des Plantes Maraicheres, I.N.R.A., BP 94 , 84143 Montfavet Cedex, France In the course of breeding programs at the Vegetable Breeding Station of Avignon-Montfavet, two natural occurring virescent mutants have been observed. The […]
A Fifth Gene for Male Sterility in Cucumis melo
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 13:34-35 (article 13) 1990 M. Lecouviour Clause Semences Professionnelles, Mas St Pierre, F-13210 St Rémy, France M. Pitrat and G. Risser INRA, Station d’Amélioration des Plantes, BP 94, F-84143 Montfavet Cedex, France Four genes of male sterility have been described in muskmelon (1,2,3,4). A fifth gene has been observed and used […]
Resistance to Aphis gossypii in Spanish Melon (Cucumis melo)
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 11:50-51 (article 21) 1988 M. Pitrat, C. Maestro, C. Ferriere, M. Ricard Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, BP 94, 84140, Montfavet, France J. Alvarez Servicio de Investigcion Agraria, D.G.A. Apartado 727, 50080, Zaragoza, Spain Resistance to the melon aphid Aphis gossypii has been described i muskmelon lines from India and […]