Studies on Watermelon Germplasm Sources Resistant to Fusarium Wilt Disease at the Seedling Stage

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 11:68 (article 28) 1988 Wang Ming and Zhang Xian Department of Horticulture, Northwestern Agricultural University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China. Abstract The seedling inoculation methods (soil inoculation, radical inoculation and the root dip inoculation) were compared to identify and screen for Fusarium wilt resistance (FWE). The results showed that the root dip inoculation […]

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Breeding Few-Seed/Seedless Watermelon via Chromosome Reciprocal Translocation Induces by Gamma-ray

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 11:60-63 (article 26) 1988 Wang Ming, Zghang Xingping and Zhang Xian Department of Horticulture, Northwestern University, China Na Kechi, Zhang Shuai and Zhang Juenlian Department of Horticulture, Gansu Agricultural University, China The development of autotriploid watermelon was a great advance in the field of watermelon breeding. However, some disadvantages still existed […]

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