1980 Other Cucurbit Genera and Species Reports

Report No. 3 Other Genera and Species Reciprocal crosses between Cucumis africanus L.f. and C. metuliferus Naud. II. Embryo development in vivo and in vitro J.B.M. Custers and G. van Ee (The Netherlands) CGC 3:50-51 (1980) In vivo pollen tube growth as a measure of interspecific-incongruity in Cucumis L. Y.O. Kho, A.P.M. den Nijs and J. Franken (The Netherlands) CGC 3:52-54 (1980) Problems with the […]

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1980 Squash Report

Report No. 3 Squash and Pumpkin (Cucurbita spp.) Realization of the interspecific hybridization (Fl and BC1) between Cucurbita pepo and C. ecuadorensis R. Dumas de Vaulx and M. Pitrat (France) CGC 3:42 (1980) Gibberellic acid treatment to improve germination of cucurbit seed J.T. Puchalski and R.W. Robinson (Poland and USA) CGC 3:43 (1980) Bitter Cucurbita hybrids as baits for Diabroticite beetle […]

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1980 Melon Report

Report No. 3 Melon (Cucumis melo) In vitro callus and shoot induction from hypocotyl and peduncle of muskmelon (Cucumis melo) K. Abak and R. Dumas de Vaulx (Turkey and France) CGC 3:27-29 (1980) Resistance to cucumber mosaic virus transmission by Aphis gossypii in melon H. Lecoq and M. Pitrat (France) CGC 3:30 (1980) Male sterile-1: Stability of expression […]

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1980 Covenant and By-Laws of the Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 3:76-79 (article 38) 1980 Article I. Organization and Purposes The Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative is an informal, unincorporated scientific society (hereinafter designated “CGC”) organized without capital stock and intended not for business or profit but for the advancement of science and education in the field of genetics of cucurbits (Family: Cucurbitaceae). Its […]

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1980 Resolution and Notes

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 3:ii-iv (introduction) 1980 Resolution Resolution and notes of organization meeting, October 28, 1976, Denver Hilton, Denver, Colorado, U.S.A. The following resolution was adopted by research workers interested in organizing the Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative: The Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative is organized to develop and advance the genetics of economically important cucurbits. Membership to […]

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1980 Cucumber Report

Report No. 3 Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) In vitro adventitious bud formation on seedling and embryo explants of Cucumis sativus L. J.B.M. Custers and J.H.W. Bergervoet (The Netherlands) CGC 3:2-4 (1980) Rosette, a spontaneous cucumber mutant arising from cucumber- muskmelon mentor pollination A.C. de Ruiter, B.J. van der Knap and R. W. Robinson (The Netherlands and USA) CGC 3:4 […]

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1979 Other Cucurbit Genera and Species Reports

Other Genera and Species Mentor pollen as a tool in interspecific hybridization in Cucumis Emiel H. Oost and A.P.M. den Nijs (The Netherlands) CGC 2:43 (1979) Disease resistances in some wild Cucumis species M. Pitrat and R.D. de Vaulx (France) CGC 2:44-45 (1979) Use of in vitro culture for inducing germination of Cucumis seed D.L. Visser and J. Franken (The Netherlands) CGC […]

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1979 Squash and Pumpkin Reports

Squash and Pumpkin (Cucurbita spp.) Attempts to cross Cucurbita moschata (Duch.) Poir. ‘Butternut’ and C. pepo L. ‘Delicata’ J.R. Baggett (USA) CGC 2:32-34 (1979) Interspecific cross between Cucurbita pepo and C. martinezii R.D.de Vaulx and M. Pitrat (France) CGC 2:35 (1979) Sex expression in Cucurbita foetidissima HBK Brenda K. Fulks, J.C. Scheerens and W.P. Bemis (USA) CGC 2:36 (1979) Six interspecific trisomics (2n C. moschata + 1 C. […]

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