Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 13:18-19 (article 7) 1990 Pious Thomas and T. A. More Division of Vegetable Crops, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India Wilt disease caused by Fusarium spp. Is a serious problem of muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.) in the river beds of North India and other production areas (1,2,5). The Jamuna […]
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Development of Tropical Gynoecious Lines in Cucumber
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 11:17-18 (article 8) 1988 T. A. More and V.S. Seshadri Division of Vegetable Crops, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi – 110012, India Gynoecious sex expression has been responsible for phenomenal development and quicker exploitation of hybrid vigor in cucumber which has attained a high degree of perfection in U.S.A., Canada, […]
Resistance to Cucumber Green Mottle Mosaic Virus (CGMMV) in Muskmelon
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 10:58-59 (article 31) 1987 L. Rajamony, T. A. More, and V. S. Seshadri Division of Vegetable Crops, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110012, India A. Varma Division of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110012, India A sap transmissible virus causing mild mosaic of muskmelon was identified as […]
Development of Gynoecious Lines in Muskmelon
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 10:49-50 (article 28) 1987 T. A. More, V. S. Seshadri and M. B. Magdum Division of Vegetable Crops, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110012, India Development of true breeding gynoecious lines has led to phenomenal exploitation of heterosis and development of hybrids in cucumber. Research on this aspect in muskmelon has […]
A Preliminary Report on Screening Watermelons for Resistance to Watermelon Mosaic Viruses 1 and 2
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 7:61-62 (article 27) 1984 Munger, H.M., T.A. More, and S. Awni Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853. About 150 watermelon seed lots planted in November, 1982, were inoculated as 3-week seedlings with WMV-1 and WMV-2. Except for about 10 entries, all were PI’s supplied by the Regional Plant Introduction Station at Experiment, […]
Association of Fruit Quality with Seed Characters and Oil and Protein Content of Muskmelon Seeds
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 7:46-48 (article 21) 1984 T. A. More and V. S. Seshadri Division of Vegetable Crops, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India Seeds of certain cucurbits are well known sources of oil and protein, although none have been used commercially (1). Madaan et al. (3) reported that muskmelon seeds are […]
Monoecious Sex Expression in Muskmelon, Cucumis melo L.
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 3:32-33 (article 18) 1980 T. A. More, V. S. Seshadri and J. C. Sharma Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110012, India Interest in monoecious sex expression in muskmelon is of recent origin and has increase because of the obvious difficulties associated with emasculation in the common andromonoecious cultivars of muskmelon. Seed […]