Triploid and Tetraploid Watermelon ( Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. and Nakai) Seed Size and Weight

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 22:34-37 (article 13) 1999 Marietta Loehrlein Department of Agriculture, Western Illinois University, Malcomb, IL 61455-1390 Dennis T. Ray Department of Plant Sciences, the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 Introduction Triploid watermelons are theoretically seedless and are the result of crosses between tetraploid female and a diploid male plants (1). Tetraploid […]

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