Chromosome Number and Karyotype of Melons (Cucumis melo L.)

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 17:61-65 (article 16) 1994 Dewei Ma, Zhenhuai Guo, Chenghe Zhang, and Souzhu Gao; Ming Wang Hebei Agricultural University, Boading, Hebei, CHINA; Northwestern Agricultural University, Yangling, Shaanxi, CHINA The number of chromosomes in 36 melon cultigens was identified and the karyotypes of two typical melon cultivars were analysed by the improved cytological […]

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A Genetic Male-Sterile (ms) Watermelon from China

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 13:45-46 (article 17) 1990 Xing-ping Zhang and Ming Wang Department of Horticulture, Northwestern Agricultural University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, P.R. China In 1983, Xitong Xia and his colleagues found two male-sterile watermelon plants with small, shrunken anthers and aborted pollen, from among selfed progeny of cv. Nongmi No. 100. They pollinated each […]

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Nutrients in Seeds of Edible Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. and Nakai)

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 13:43-44 (article 16) 1990 Kechi Ma Department of Horticulture, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China (PRC) Xing-ping Zhang and Ming Wang Department of Horticulture, Northwestern Agricultural University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China (PRC) Although there are other processed products from the flesh of edible seed watermelons in China, the main purpose is seed production. […]

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