Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 3:27-29 (article 15) 1980 K. Abak and R. Dumas de Vaulx Ankara Universitesi Ziraat Fakultesi, Bag-Bahce Kursusu, Diskapi-Ankara, Turkey (first author); Station d’Amelioration des Plantes Maraicheres, I.N.R.A., Domaine Saint Maurice, 84140 Montfavet-Avignon, France (second author) In vitro propagation has been successful in some species of the Cucurbitaceae: axillary bud culture in watermelon […]
Melon Reports
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 […]
Monoecious Sex Expression in Muskmelon, Cucumis melo L.
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 3:32-33 (article 18) 1980 T. A. More, V. S. Seshadri and J. C. Sharma Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110012, India Interest in monoecious sex expression in muskmelon is of recent origin and has increase because of the obvious difficulties associated with emasculation in the common andromonoecious cultivars of muskmelon. Seed […]
Male Sterile-1: Stability of Expression
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 3:31 (article 17) 1980 J. D. McCreight U. S. Agricultural Research Station, Salinas, CA 93915 Muskmelon male sterile-1 reported by Bohn and Whitaker (1) has not been utilized in F1 hybrid melon production. Plant breeders report ms-1/ms-1 plants difficult to identify. Some breeders have stated that the male sterile phenotype is not stable and have […]
Varietal Differences in Growth of Melon (Cucumis melo L.) at Low Temperature
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 2:23 (article 14) 1979 G. Risser Station d’Amélioration des Plantes Maraîchères, I.N.R.A. Domaine Saint Maurice, 84140 Montfavet-Avignon, France Melon is known as requiring high temperatures for a good growth, but we did not know differences in varietal reaction occur at low temperature. First, we studied the action of root temperature. For […]
A Technique for Improving Fruit Set by Hand Pollination and Observations on Optimum Cultural Conditions for Fruit Set Under Greenhouse Conditions
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 2:22 (article 13) 1979 J. A. Principe and J. D. McCreight USDA, SEA-AR, Imperial Valley Conservation Research Center, Brawley, CA 92227 Melon pistillate flowers are often tied the afternoon before anthesis, after removal of anthers if they are present, to protect them from natural pollinators. They are revisited the next morning […]
Pollen Germination in Interspecific Crosses Between Muskmelon and Some Wild Cucumis Species
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 2:20-21 (article 12) 1979 R. D. de Vaulx Station d’Amélioration des Plantes Maraîchères, I.N.R.A., Domaine Saint Maurice, 84140 Montfavet-Avignon (France) Cross pollinations were made among different lines of muskmelon (monoecious, andromonoecious, diploid, tetraploid) and five wild species of Cucumis: C. metuliferus (from Fassuliotis and Vavilov Institute), C. ficifolius (PI 196844, PI 203915), C. prophetarum (PI 193967), C. myriocarpus (1096), and C. zeyheri (PI 273192). […]
1979 Melon Report
Melon (Cucumis melo) Pollen germination in interspecific crosses between muskmelon and some wild Cucumis species R.D. de Vaulx (France) CGC 2:20-21 (1979) A technique for improving fruit set by hand pollination and observations on optimum cultural conditions for fruit set under greenhouse conditions J.A. Principe and J.D. McCreight (USA) CGC 2:22 (1979) Varietal differences in growth of […]
Tolerance of Melon to Watermelon Mosaic Virus II
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 1:20 (article 20) 1978 M. Pitrat Station d’Amelioration des Plantes Maraicheres, I.N.R.A., Domaine Saint Maurice, 84140 Montfavet-Avignon (France) Cucumber mosaic (CMV) is a very common and severe virus on melon in the Southeast of France. While observing different lines in the field to study their resistance, it appears that PI 161375 […]
Cantaloupe: Breeding for resistance to Mycosphaerella citrullina, Meloidogyne incognita acrita and Diaphania nitidalis
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 1:19 (article 19) 1978 J. D. Norton Auburn University Agricultural Experiment Station, Auburn, AL 36830 Multiple disease resistance, including resistance to M. citrullina has proven to be adequate for high yields of excellent quality fruit for ad-advanced breeding lines and released varieties. The Hollar and Company, Inc., Rocky Ford, Colorado, has exclusive right […]