Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 20:66-88 (article 30) 1997 Todd C. Wehner Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695–7609 Jack E. Staub Vegetable Crops Research, USDA/ARS. Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 U.S.A. Complete lists and updates of genes for cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) have been published previously (Pierce […]
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1996 Cucumber Report
CGC Report No. 21 Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) An Induced Mutation in Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.): Super compact K. Niemirowicz-Szczytt, M. Rucinska and A. Korzeniewska (Poland) CGC 19:1-3 (1996) Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) Mutants Segregating in M2 Generation after Gamma-ray Seed and Pollen Irradiation O. Kawaide, S. Matsuura and S. Iida (Japan) CGC 19:4-6 (1996) Lost Information J.E. Staub (USA) […]
Selection and Multiplication of Transgenic Embryonic Tissues of Cucumber Using a Suspension Culture Procedure
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 19:42-46 (article 16) 1996 S.H.T. Raharjo and Z.K. Punja Dept. Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burbnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada Introduction. A few methods for initiating cell suspension culture, development of somatic embryos, and regeneration of plantlets in several fresh market cultivars of cucumber have been described (e.g. 2,3). A […]
Transfer and Expression of the Firefly Luciferase Gene in Cucumber
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 19:38-41 (article 15) 1996 G. Sapountzakus and A.S. Tsaftaris Dept. Genetics and Plant Breeding, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece Introduction. Cucumber can be infected with Agrobacterium and through this infection can be genetically transformed. Transgenic cucumber plants of the cultivar Straight 8 expressing the selection neomycin phosphotransferase II (npt II) gene […]
Efficiency of Haploid Production in Cucumber
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 19:36-37 (article 14) 1996 G. Caglar, K. Abak Horticultural REsearch Institute, Erdemli, Icel, Turkey, Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Cukurova, Adana, Turkey Introduction. A method of double haploid production induced by irradiated pollen, used routinely in melon breeding programs is promising for use in cucumber (3,4,5,6) . Since […]
Regeneration of Interspecific Hybrids of Cucumis Sativus L. x C. hystrix Chakr. by Direct Embryo Culture
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 19:34-35 (article 13) 1996 J.F. Chen and J.E. Staub, Y. Tashiro Vegetable Crops Research, USDA/ARS, Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI 53706 U.S.A., Plant Cell Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Saga University, Saga 840, JAPAN Introduction. Cucumis hystrix is a wild species of Cucumis subgen. Cucumis, which originated in Asia (Kirkbride, […]
CMV Resistance in Three Sources of Cucumber
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 19:32-33 (article 12) 1996 Michael J. Havey USDA Agricultural Research Service and Dept. Horticulture, 1575 Linden Drive, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 Introduction. Resistance in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) to Cucumber Mosaic Virus (CMV) traces back to an accession of ‘Tokyo Long Green’ and its inheritance has been characterized by […]
The Relationship between Papilla formation and Resistance of Cucumber to Sphaerotheca fuliginea (Schlect.) Poll.
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 19: 30-31 (article 11) 1996 Qing Ma, Hongwen Cui Department of Plant Protection, Northwestern Agricultural University, Yangling, Shaanzi,71200, P.R. China, Department of Horticulture, Northwestern Agricultural University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P.R. China Introduction. Papillae are the wall oppositions occurring between the cell wall and plasmalemma when fungal infection pegs penetrate a plant […]
The Evaluation of Cold Tolerance in Chinese Cucumber Varieties
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 19:27-29 (article 10) 1996 Zhongli Ji, Huanwen Meng and Hongwen Cui Northwestern Agricultural University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P.R. China Introduction. The northern part of China is in the temperate growing zone. The cold monsoons of the Northwest are responsible for a longer cold season in China than in other countries of […]
Variation in Free Proline Content of Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) Seedlings under Low Temperature Stress
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 19:25-29 (article 9) 1996 Jiqing Wang Dept. Horticulture, Henan Agric. Univ. Zhengzhou, Henan, 450002, P.R. China Hongwei Cui Dept. Horticulture, Northwestern Agric. Univ. Yangling, Shaanzi, 71200, P.R. China Introduction. Recently a greenhouse industry has rapidly emerged in some areas of China. Grafting cucumber seedling onto the rootstock of Cucurbita ficifolia is […]