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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Obtention of Embryos and Plants from In Vitro Culture of Unfertilized Ovules of Cucurbita pepo 

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 8:66 (Article 24) 1985 Chambonnet, D. and R. Dumas de Vaulx Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, 84140 Montfavet, France Unfertilized ovules of Cucurbita pepo have been in vitro cultured to obtain haploid plants from the embryo-sac cells. In our first experiments we obtained embryos coming from the internal part of […]

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Response of Some Cucurbita and Cucumis Accessions to Three Meloidogyne Species

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 4:53-55 (article 28) 1981 A. Dalmasso, R. Dumas de Vaulx and M. Pitrat Station de Recherches sur les Nematodes, INRA, 06602 Antibes Cedex, France (first author); Station d’Amelioration des Plantes Maraicheres, INRA, B.P. 94, 84140 Montfavet-Avignon, France (second and third authors) We have developed an interspecific hybridization program to introduce into […]

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In Vitro Callus and Shoot Induction from Hypocotyl and Peduncle of Muskmelon (Cucumis melo)

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 3:27-29 (article 15) 1980 K. Abak and R. Dumas de Vaulx Ankara Universitesi Ziraat Fakultesi, Bag-Bahce Kursusu, Diskapi-Ankara, Turkey (first author); Station d’Amelioration des Plantes Maraicheres, I.N.R.A., Domaine Saint Maurice, 84140 Montfavet-Avignon, France (second author) In vitro propagation has been successful in some species of the Cucurbitaceae: axillary bud culture in watermelon […]

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Realization of the Interspecific Hybridization (F1 and BC1) Between Cucurbita pepo and C. ecuadorensis

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 3:42 (article 23) 1980 R. Dumas de Vaulx and M. Pitrat Station d’Amelioration des Plantes Maraicheres, I.N.R.A., Domaine Saint Maurice, 84140 Montfavet-Avignon, France Cucurbita ecuadorensis is resistant to the most important and common diseases of C. pepo in France: powdery mildew, cucumber mosaic virus, watermelon mosaic virus (1, 2). The interspecific cross between the […]

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