2024 Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report #47

CGC47 (2024) Complete Report Individual Reports: Tunisian Cucurbits: A Reservoir of Genetic Diversity for Sustainable Agriculture. Hela Chikh-Rouhou and Ana Garcés-Claver Cucumis bisexualis, Buried in the Taxonomic Wastebasker C. melo subsp. agrestis  is the Correct Name for Mapao Egg, Hermaphrodite Line Y101, and Weedy Melon UT1, and Helps Focus on Trait Evolution and Domestication of […]

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2023 Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report #46

CGC 46 – Complete Report (pdf) CGC 46 (2023) Table of Contents Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) and related species 1. Should the Unpublished Name Citrullus lanatus subsp. vulgaris var. melgalospermus for the ZiGua Seed-Snack Variety from China, be Validated?  Susanne S. Renner Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) and related species 4. North Carolina Performance Trials for Cultivars of Parthenocarpic […]

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2022 Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report #45

Special Edition – 2022 Gene List for Melon Catherine Dogimont and Nebahat Sari Page Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………………. 1 Host Plant Resistance Genes………………………………………………………………………….. 1 Resistance to Viral Diseases………………………………………………………………….. 2 Insect Resistance……………………………………………………………………………… 5 Resistance to Fungal Diseases……………………………………………..………………… 5 Oomycete Resistance…………………………………………………………………………. 7 Bacterial Disease Resistance…………………………………………………………………. 8 Abiotic Stress Tolerance Genes………………………………………………………………………. 8 Seed and Seedling Genes……………………………………………………………………………… 8 Leaf and Foliage Genes…………………………………………………………………………….…. […]

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2021 Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report #44

CGC 44 (2021) Table of Contents Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) and related species 1. Citrullus Germplasm Diversity in Tunisia: An Overview.  Hela Chikh-Rouhou and Ana Garcés-Claver 4. Citrullus naudinianus Genome Assembly. Robert L. Jarret, Olga Dudchenko, David Weisz, Ruqayya Khan and Erez L. Aiden Melon (Cucumis melo) 7. Melon Germplasm from Tunisia with Immense Breeding Value.  […]

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2020 Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report #43

CGC 43 (2020) Table of Contents Research Reports: Development of Differential Hosts to Identify Commercially Relevant Races of Melon Podosphaera xanthii Against Which Vegetable Seed Companies Make Claims of Resistance. Valerie Grimault, Sandrine Houdault and Phyllis Himmel   Genetic Control of Resistance to Zucchini yellow mosaic virus Derived from Melon Accession IC 274006. María López-Martin, Carmelo […]

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2019 Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report

CGC Report #42    Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)  Resistance Response of Citrullus Genotypes to Stagonosporopsis Isolates Causing Gummy Stem Blight. Winnie Gimode, Marin Lonnee and Cecilia McGregor A New Watermelon Variety ‘Longshengjiafeng’ with High Quality and High Resistance to Fusarium Wilt. Q. Wang, Y.H. Jia, W. Yan, Y. K. Fu, H.B. You How Russian Breeders Discovered […]

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2019 CGC Reports update

The 2019 CGC report will be published soon. Use the following links to view recent CGC reports by category. Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) Melon (Cucumis melo) Squash and Pumpkin (Cucurbita spp.) Other Cucurbit Genera and Species Reports Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) Annual list of Reports Reports from Previous years Links below CGC Reports can be viewed by category […]

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2018 Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report

CGC Report #41 Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) Evaluation of Two Field Inoculation Methods for Testing Resistance to Bacterial Fruit Blotch in Watermelon Fruit. James D. Daley and Todd C. Wehner Inovation Research on Germplasm Resources of Watermelon with Resistance to Fusarium Wilt X.Q. Wang, W. Yan., Y.H. Jia, Y.K. Fu and H.B. You Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) […]

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2016 & 2017 CGC Reports

CGC Reports #39 & #40 Cucumis spp. Generation and Potential Use of Interspecific Cucumis Hybrids Andrés Cáceres, Carmina Gispert and Belén Picó Melon (Cucumis melo) New Charentais Lines with Delayed Climacteric Ripening form an Introgression Lines Collection Perpiñá, G. Castro, C. Esteras, B. Picó and A.J. Monforte Performance of Grafted Galia and Ananas Melon Types […]

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