Pollen Germination in Interspecific Crosses Between Muskmelon and Some Wild Cucumis Species

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 2:20-21 (article 12) 1979 R. D. de Vaulx Station d’Amélioration des Plantes Maraîchères, I.N.R.A., Domaine Saint Maurice, 84140 Montfavet-Avignon (France) Cross pollinations were made among different lines of muskmelon (monoecious, andromonoecious, diploid, tetraploid) and five wild species of Cucumis: C. metuliferus (from Fassuliotis and Vavilov Institute), C. ficifolius (PI 196844, PI 203915), C. prophetarum (PI 193967), C. myriocarpus (1096), and C. zeyheri (PI 273192). […]

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Disease Resistances in Some Wild Cucumis Species

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 2:44-45 (article 27) 1979 M. Pitrat and R. D. de Vaulx Station d’Amélioration des Plantes Maraîcherès, I.N.R.A., Domaine Saint Maurice, 84140 Montfavet-Avignon, France Cucumis species in collection at the Vegetable Plant Breeding Station of Montfavet-Avignon (France) were evaluated for resistance to natural infestation or artificial inoculation to some important diseases in France: […]

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Interspecific Cross Between Cucurbita pepo and C. martinezii

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 2:35 (article 20) 1979 R. D. de Vaulx and M. Pitrat Station d’Amélioration des Plantes Maraîchères, I.N.R.A., Domaine Saint Maurice, 84140 Montfavet-Avignon, France Powdery mildew, cucumber mosaic virus (CMV), and watermelon mosaic virus (WMV) are important and common diseases of Cucurbita pepo in France. High levels of resistance have not been described in […]

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