Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:61-62 (article 23) 1991 James R. Dunlap, Stephen J. Maas Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Weslaco, Texas; USDA-ARS, Subtropical Agricultural Research Laboratory, Weslaco, Texas Patterns of reproductive development in plants are partially controlled by the temperature experienced during growth. The correlation is sufficient that heat-unit accumulation has been used to model the […]
Melon Reports
Search for Sources of Resistance to a Whitefly Transmitted Yellowing Disease in Melon
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:59-60 (article 22) 1991 F. Nuez, J. Esteva, C. Soria and M.L. Gomez-Guillamon Dpto. Biotecnologia. Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain; Estacion Experimental “La Mayora”, Algarrobo-Costa (Malaga), Spain The principal Spanish area for greenhouse vegetable cultivation is the south-east coast. For some time, a yellowing disease has been a serious problem for […]
Screening of Domestic and Wild Cucumis melo Germplasm for Resistance to the Yellow-Stunting Disorder in the United Arab Emirates
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:56-58 (article 21) 1991 A.A. Hassan, H.H. Al-Masri, U.A. Obaji, M.S. Wafi, N.E. Quronfilah, and M.A. Al-Rays Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, U.A.E University, Al-Ain, U.A.E. and Department of Agriculture and Animal Production, Al-Ain, U.A.E Cucurbits are the most important group of vegetables grown in the U.A.E. their production has been seriously […]
Field Screening of melon cultigens for multiple race resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melonis
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:55 (article 20) 1991 Timothy J. Ng and J.C. Kantzes Department of Horticulture and Botany, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 USA Fusarium wilt is one of the primary diseases limiting melon production in the mid-Atlantic regionsof the U.S. Although multiple races of fusarium wilt have traditionally existed in Euripe, […]
Progress in Breeding Melons for Watermelon Mosaic Resistance
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:53-54 (article 19) 1991 Henry M. Munger Department of Plant Breeding, Cornell University, Ithica, N.Y. 14853 When melon breeders and pathologists met in 1986 and 1987, there was general agreement that, although some watermelon mosaic resistance (WMR) in melons had been suggested by the work of Moyer et al. (2), high […]
Potential Sources of Resistance to Lettuce Infectious Yellows in Melon
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:51-52 (article 18) 1991 James D. McCreight U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Agricultural Research Station, 1636 East Alisal Street, Salinas, CA 93905 Lettuce infectious yellows (LIY) is a sweetpotato whitefly, Bemesia tabaci (Genn.), transmitted virus disease that occurs in the lower deserts of California, Arizona, and Mexico (1). Foliar symptoms […]
Resistance to Acremonium sp. in Spanish Landraces of Melon
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:49-50 (article 17) 1991 J. Garcia-Jimenes, A. Alfaro, J. Esteva, F. Nuez and M. T. Velazquez Dpto. Produccion Vegetal. Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain (first and second author); Dpto. Biotecnologia, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain (third and fourth author); Generaltat Valenciana, STT, Moncada, Valencia, Spain (fifth author) Melon dieback is a […]
A Rapid and Sensitive Method for Evaluation of Melon Resistance to Sphaerotheca fuliginea
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:46-48 (article 16) 1991 Elena Floris and Jose Ma Alvarez Servicio de Investigacion Agraria – D.G.A. Apartado 727, 50080, Zaragoza, Spain When studying the inheritance of the resistance against Sphaerotheca fuliginea, the causal agent of powdery milder in melon (Cucumis melo L.), one of the difficulties is the lack of a satisfactory, quantitative, […]
Two Virescent Mutants in Melon (Cucumis melo)
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:45 (article 15) 1991 M. Pitrat, G. Risser, C. Ferriere, C. Olivier, and M. Ricard Station d’ Amelioration des Plantes Maraicheres, I.N.R.A., BP 94 , 84143 Montfavet Cedex, France In the course of breeding programs at the Vegetable Breeding Station of Avignon-Montfavet, two natural occurring virescent mutants have been observed. The […]
Nomenclature of Cucumis melo L.
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:43-44 (article 14) 1991 H. M. Munger and R. W. Robinson Department of Plant Breeding, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 (first author); Department of Horticultural Sciences, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, N.Y 14456 (second author) The Common Name of Cucumis melo L. The question has arisen recently as to whether the […]