Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 16:44-46 (article 16) 1993 T.A. More, A. Varma, V.S. Seshadri, R.G. Somkuwar, and L. Rajamony Division of Vegetable Crops, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi – 110012, INDIA In sub-tropical parts of India around Delhi, CGMMV has been found more common and dangerous than any other virus on melon (5, 6). […]
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Taxonomic Position of Round Melon (Praecitrullus fistulosus)
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 12:86-88 (article 36) 1989 V.S. Sujatha and V.S. Seshadri Division of Vegetable Crops, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India Round melon or ‘tinda’ is an Asian cucurbit having a chromosome number of x=12. This taxon was earlier considered as a botanical variety of watermelon, Citrullus lanatus (x=11). Pangalo (8), […]
Electrophoretic Examination of Cucumis sativus L. and Cucumis melo L.
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 12:18-19 (article 8) 1989 V.S. Sujatha and V.S. Seshadri Division of Vegetable Crops, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012 India The genus Cucumis contains 30 species of which only two species, C. sativus (cucumber) and C. melo (muskmelon), are extensively cultivated. While C. melo has chromosome number of x=12, and […]
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 […]
B-chromosome Variation in Cucumis melo L.
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 8:55-56 (Article 20) 1985 Ramachandran, C., V. S. Seshadri, and R. A. Pai Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110012, India The occurrence of B-chromosome (supernumerary chromosomes) in C. melo has been previously reported in the root tip cells in the cultivars ‘Phut’, or snap melon (C. melo var. momordica) and Hales […]
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 […]
Chiasma Frequency in Different Sex Forms of Muskmelon
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 6:54-56 (article 28) 1983 C. Ramachandran, V. S. Seshadri and R. A. Pai Divisions of Vegetable and Floriculture and Genetics, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110 012- India The pairing behavior of chromosomes at meiosis is closely associated with recombination. Chiasma frequency is a cytological measure of such recombinations. The relationship […]
Androecious Sex Form in Muskmelon
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 5:24-25 (article 12) 1982 M. B. Magdum1, N. N. Shinde2, and V. S. Seshadri Division of Vegetable Crops and Floriculture, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India Androecious sex form (bearing only staminate flowers) is a rare phenotype in muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.) Forster and Bond (1) reported an abrachiate, […]