Some Genotype-Environment Interactions in Cucumis melo L.

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 5:23 (article 11) 1982 Georgette Risser Station de’Amelioration des Plantes Maraicheres, I.N.R.A., 84 40 Avignon-Montfavet, France In 1979, we reported that cultivars differ when grown in nutrient solution maintained at low temperature, especially when radiation is low. For instance, in an experiment where root temperature was maintained at 12°C, yellowing and […]

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Association of Sex Form with Fruit Shape in Muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.)

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 4:26-28 (article 14) 1981 N. N. Shinde* and V. S. Seshadri Division of Vegetable Crops and Floriculture, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-11012, India An attempt was made to verify the observations of Rosa (2), Kubicki (1), and Wall (3) regarding the extent of association between monoecious sex expression and oblong […]

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Multiple Disease Resistant Casaba

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 4:24 (article 12) 1981 Joseph D. Norton Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849 Multiple disease resistant casaba breeding lines were developed from crosses of casaba cultivars and multiple disease resistant cantaloupe breeding lines. Fruit quality was excellent with total soluble solids of 15.3%. After storage at 21°C for 90 to 120 days, […]

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Induction of Perfect Flowers on Gynoecious Muskmelon by Silver Nitrate and Aminoethoxyvinylglycine

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 3:35-36 (article 20) 1980 K. W. Owens, C. E. Peterson and G. E. Tolla University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 (first and second authors); Campbell Institute of Agricultural Research, Napoleon, OH 43545 (third author) Recently, several hormones have been found to induce staminate flowers on gynoecious cucumber: silver nitrate (AgNO3) (1, […]

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Embryo Culture of Cucumis Species

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 3:34 (article 19) 1980 J. D. Norton Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36830 Due to embryo abortion in greenhouse crosses, embryo culture was utilized to produce plants from the Cucumis metuliferus x C. melo cross. Although fruit appeared to develop normally in the C. anguria x C. melocross, the embryos aborted before the fruit matured. Plants of C. melo (PI 140471) […]

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Resistance to Cucumber Mosaic Virus Transmission by Aphis Gossypii in Melon

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 3:30 (article 16) 1980 H. Lecoq and M. Pitrat Station de Pathologie Vegetale, INRA, Domaine Saint Maurice, 84140 Montfavet, France (first author); Station d’Amelioration des Plantes Maraicheres, INRA, Domaine Saint Maurice, 84140 Montfavet, France (second author) Aphid borne cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) causes one of the major disease affecting muskmelon crops […]

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