Tibish, a Melon Type from Sudan

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, […]

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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 […]

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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). […]

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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 […]

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