Preliminary screening of cucurbits species for Bemisia tabaci Genn. whitefly resistance

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 16:87-89 (article 33) 1993 V. Moreno, J.L. Gomez Agulera, C. Guerau de Arellano and L.A. Roig Plant Cell & Tissue Laboratory, Biotechnology Department, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia. C.Camino de Vera, 14.46022-Valencia (Spain) The majority of the Spanish productionof early cucurbits dedicated to the foreign markets is being produced in greenhouses in […]

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Somatic Embryogenesis and Plant Regeneration from Cotyledon Protoplasts of Cucumis sativus Wisconsin 2843

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 15:40-44 (article 14) 1992 B. Garcia-Sogo, M. Dabauza, L.A. Roig, and V. Moreno Plant Cell Tissue Culture Lab, Biotechnology Department, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Cno. de Vera, 14. 46020-Valencia, Spain Wisconsin 2843 is a cucumber breeding population with multiple disease resistance (12). The population is homozygous for resistance to cucumber mosaic […]

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Some considerations about expression of marker genes in experiments of genetic transformation in Cucumis anguria var longipes by coculturing cotyledon explants with Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 15:97-101 (article 37) 1992 R. Santana, V. Moreno and L.A. Roig Plant Cell & Tissue Culture Laboratory. Biotechnology Department, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia. Camino de Vera, 14. 46022-Valencia (Spain) Introduction Cucumis anguria var longipes is a wild cucurbitaceous species in which resistance to ‘yellowing virus disease’, cucumber green mottle mosaic virus, […]

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Selective Methods for the Recovery of Somatic Hybrids of Cucumis melo x metuliferus and C. sativus x C. metuliferus

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:81-84 (article 30) 1991 M. Dabauza, L.A. Roig and V. Moreno Plant Cell & Tissue Culture Laboratory, Biotechnology Department, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Cno. de Vera, 14, 46020- Valencia (Spain) Introduction Methods for the isolation and culture of Cucumis metuliferus protoplasts have been previously reported by our group (18) and by […]

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Preliminary Studies on the Growth and Organogenic Response of Cotyledons derived Calli of Cucumis myriocarpus Naud

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:74-77 (article 28) 1991 R.Santana, L. A. Roig and V. Moreno Plant Cell & Tissue Culture Laboratory, Biotechnology Department, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Cno. de Vera, 14 46020-Valencia (Spain) Introduction. cucumis myriocarpus is a cucurbitaceous wild species in which resistances to Tetranychus urticae, CGMMV, powdery mildew ((PM1), and yellowing disease hve […]

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Organogenic and Embryogenic Potential of Several Commercial Lines of Cucumis melo L.

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:71-73 (article 27) 1991 M. Bordas, V. Moreno and L.A. Roig Plant Cell and Tissue Culture Laboratory. Department of Biotechnology. E.T.S.I.A. Universidad Politecnica. Camino de Vera 14, 46922-Valencia. Spain Introduction. Availability of efficient methods for plant regeneration of melon is required to take advantage of biotechnological alternatives for crop improvement. A […]

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Plant Regeneration from Explant-Derived Calli of Cucumis anguria L. var longipes.

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 9:108-109 (article 35) 1986 Garcia-Sogo, M., I. Granelli, B. Garcia-Sogo, L.A. Roig and V. Moreno Departments of Genetics and Microbiology, E.R.S. Ingenieros Agronomos, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, 46022 Valencia, Spain. Resistances to Tetranychus urticae KOCH, nematodes and cucumber green mottle mosaic virus have been described in Cucumis anguria L. var. longipes. […]

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Plant Regeneration from Cotyledon Protoplasts of Cucumis melo L. cv. Cantaloup Charentais.

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 9:74-77 (article 23) 1986 Roig¹, L. Zubeldia², M.C. Orts¹, M.V. Roche¹, and V. Moreno² Departments of Microbiology¹ and Genetics², E.T.S. Ingenieros Agronomos, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, 46022 Valencia, Spain. In a previous work (1) we described suitable methods for obtaining callus from mesophyll protoplasts of axenic plants of three melon cultivars. […]

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Isolation and Culture of Protoplasts from Cucumis metuliferus and Cucurbita martinezii and a Method for their Fusion with Cucumis melo Protoplasts.

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 9:70-73 (article 22) 1986 L.A. Roig¹, M.V. Roche¹ , M.C. Orts¹, L. Zubeldia², and V. Moreno² Departments of Microbiology¹ and Genetics², E.T.S. Ingenieros Agronomos, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, 46022-Valencia, Spain. The incorporation of resistance to diverse plagues and diseases into cultivated varieties of melon is one of the most interesting targets […]

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