Watermelon DNA Isolation and Amplification Using the Polymerase Chain Reaction

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 15:89-87 (article 34) 1992 Xingping Zhang, David Heckel, Linda C. Gahan, and Bill Rhodes Department of Horticulture, E-142 Poole Agricultural Center, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0375; Department of Biological Sciences, 132 Long Hall, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-1903; Department of Horticulture, E-142 Poole Agricultural Center, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0375 In […]

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A Strategy Toward Varietal Resistance to Watermelon Fruit Blotch

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:102-103 (article 35) 1991 B.B. Rhodes and N.V. Desamero, and Xingping Zhang Department of Horticulture, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, Department of Horticulture, Northwestern Agricultural University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712102, People’s Republic of China The disease called watermelon fruit blotch (WFB) appeared in the summer of 1989, first in Florida and subsequently […]

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Cucumber Cultivar Improvement in the People’s Republic of China

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:5-7 1991 Hongwen Cui and Xingping Zhang Department of Horticulture, Northwestern Agricultural University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P.R. China Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) is as important as tomato in vegetable production in China. Cucumber is grown widely throughout the country, especially in North China, where it is the number one summer vegetable. […]

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