A Genetic Male-Sterile (ms) Watermelon from China

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 13:45-46 (article 17) 1990 Xing-ping Zhang and Ming Wang Department of Horticulture, Northwestern Agricultural University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, P.R. China In 1983, Xitong Xia and his colleagues found two male-sterile watermelon plants with small, shrunken anthers and aborted pollen, from among selfed progeny of cv. Nongmi No. 100. They pollinated each […]

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Nutrients in Seeds of Edible Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. and Nakai)

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 13:43-44 (article 16) 1990 Kechi Ma Department of Horticulture, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China (PRC) Xing-ping Zhang and Ming Wang Department of Horticulture, Northwestern Agricultural University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China (PRC) Although there are other processed products from the flesh of edible seed watermelons in China, the main purpose is seed production. […]

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Edible Seed Watermelons (Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai) in Northwest China

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 13:40-42 (article 15) 1990 Xing-ping Zhang Department of Horticulture, Northwestern Agricultural University, Yangling, Shaanxi, Peoples’ Republic of China Yi Jiang Lanzhou Horticulture School, Lanzhou, Peoples’ Republic of China Northwest China is a major production area for melons (Cucumis melo L.) and fleshy watermelons, due to the high temperatures, intensive sunlight, and […]

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