Evaluation and Utilization of the Valuable African Watermelon Germplasm

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 11:69 (article 29) 1988 Wang Ming and Zhang Xing-ping Northwestern Agricultural University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China. Abstract Ten African watermelon [Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. and Nakai] (AW) were first introduced from Botzwana, Africa, to China in 1984. Their morphological, biological and agronomic characters, and disease resistance have been studied for three years. […]

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Isozyme Analysis of Hybrids and Their Parents of Watermelon Citrullus lanatus (Thunb. Matsum. & Nakai)

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 11:57 (article 24) 1988 Wang Ming and Zhang Xing-ping Northwestern Agricultural University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China Abstract Ten F1 hybrids and their 16 parents of watermelon [Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai] were used for isozyme analysis of peroxidase (POD) and esterase (EST) of dry seeds, germinating seeds, cotyledons and roots at […]

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