Adventitious Flower and Shoot Formation by Various Cucurbits In Vitro

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 21:54-56 (article 19) 1998 P.N. Hoffman and R.M. Skirvin Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, 258 ERML, 1201 N. Gregory, Urbana, IL 16801, U.S.A. M. Ozgur Department of Horticulture, University of Uludag, P.O. Box 44, 10636 Hurriyet, Bursa, Turkey Introduction. Growth and early flowering are important aspects of crop breeding. […]

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In Vitro Regeneration and Flowering of Cucumber Cultivars and Lines Cultured from Excised Seed

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 11:5-7 (article 3) 1988 W. Msikita, R.M. Skirvin, J.A. Juvik and W.E. Splittstoesser Department of Horticultural, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801. The ability to obtain whole plants from a single seed may be important when there is a limited number of seeds. Recently, Cade et al. (1) reported shoot regeneration […]

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