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), […]

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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 […]

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