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 Should the Unpublished Name Citrullus lanatus subsp.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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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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Evaluation of Two Field Inoculation Methods for Testing Resistance to Bacterial Fruit Blotch in Watermelon Fruit

Bacterial fruit blotch (BFB) caused by Acidovoraxcitrulli is a major seed-borne disease that affects watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) seedling and fruit production around the world (5,9). A. citrulli can infect all growth stages of the watermelon plant: seeds, seedlings, foliage, flowers, and fruit(5). The scant research on fruit resistance in favor of foliar resistance has three […]

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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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2017 Gene List for Cucumber

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 39-40: 2017 Cucumber Gene Catalog Yiqun Weng USDA-ARS Vegetable Crops Research Unit, Horticulture Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 Todd C. Wehner Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695 Introduction This is an update of the 2010 version of Cucumber Gene List (Call and Wehner 2010). […]

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2015 Gene List for Cucumber

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 28-29: 2015 Shengping Zhang Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China Todd C. Wehner Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7609 U.S.A. Introduction This is the latest version of the gene list for cucumber (Cucumis sativus L. ). In addition to morphological and resistance genes, this list includes […]

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Histological Studies of Colletotrichum orbiculare on the Susceptible and Resistant Cucumber Cultivars

The infection process of Colletotrichum orbiculare on the leaves of susceptible and resistant cucumber cultivars were studied histologically. On both cultivars, conidia began to germinate 8 h after inoculation (hai) and formed appressoria. Then melanised appressoria formed penetration pegs at 10 hai. On the susceptible cultivar, infection vesicles formed within 24 hai and developed thick, […]

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Infection Process of Sphaerotheca fuliginea on Host Cucumber and on host Wheat Leaves

The infection process of Sphaerotheca fuliginea into epidermal cells of host cucumber and nonhost wheat were studied histochemically. The percentages of germinated conidia had no significant difference on cucumber and wheat leaves at the pre-penetration stage. When S. fuliginea overcame the constitutive barriers of wheat leaf, papillae and hypersensitive reaction were induced to prevent the […]

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