The Crossability of Cucumis melo and C. metuliferus, an Investigation of In Vivo Pollen Tube Growth

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 17:97-100 (article 29) 1994 A. Beharav and Y. Cohen Bar-Ilan University, Dept. of Life Sciences, Ramat Gan 52900, ISRAEL For many years viral disease in muskmelon (Cucumis melo) (2n=24) has not been of great concern to seedmen and growers (8). The development of resistant cultivars can eliminate the disease. Various accessions […]

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Effect of Gamma-Radiation on vitality and Fertilization Ability of Cucumis melo and C. metuliferus Pollen

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 17:94-96 (article 28) 1994 A. Beharav and Y. Cohen Bar-Illan University, Dept. of Life Sciences, Ramat Gan 52900, ISRAEL The mentor pollen technique can be applied to overcome crossing barriers in certain interspecific hybridization, where pollen tube growth is arrested before the ovary (4). Oost and Den Nijs (3) reported on […]

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Attempts to Overcome Barrier of Interspecific Hybridization between Cucumis melo and C. metuliferus

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 17:90-93 (article 27) 1994 A. Beharav and Y. Cohen Bar-Ilan University, Dept. of Life Sciences, Ramat Gan 52900, ISRAEL Our efforts to achieve the interspecific hybrid between Cucumis melo and Cucumis metuliferus through conventional breeding procedure between a few reciprocal combinations (in summer 1002) were unsuccessful because of the existence of […]

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Callus Formation from Cotyledon and Hypocotyl of Cucumis melo L. and Cucumis metuliferus

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 17:88-89 (article 26) 1994 A. Beharav and Y. Cohen Bar-Ilan University, Dept. of LIfe Sciences, Ramat Gan 52900, ISRAEL For many years, viral disease in muskmelon (Cucumis melo) (2n = 24) has been of great concern for seedsmen and growers (5). The development of resistant cultivars can eliminate the disease. Various […]

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Inheritance of Resistance to Downy Mildew in Cucumis melo PI 124111 

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 8:36-38 (Article 14) 1985 Cohen, Y., S. Cohen and H. Eyal Department of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel C. E. Thomas U. S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Vegetable Laboratory, Charleston, SC 29407 This research was supported by Grant No. US 287-81 from BARD–The United States-Israel Binational […]

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Evaluating Downy Mildew Resistance in Cucumis melo L.

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 7:38-40 (article 17) 1984 Cohen, Y., H. Eyal and A. Cohen Department of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Israel C.E. Thomas U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Vegetable Laboratory, Charleston, SC 29407 Downy mildew incited by Pseudoperonospora cubensis (Berk. & Curt.) Rostow. is an important disease on cantaloup (C. melo) […]

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