Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 17:57-60 (article 15) 1994 F. Nuez, J. Prohens, M.J. Diez, and P. Fernandex de Cordova Depto. Biotecnologia. Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, 46022, SPAIN The Genebank of the Polytechnical University of Valencia (Documentation Center of genus Cucumis) currently has available more than 500 accessions of melon (Cucumis melo L.). Although most of […]
Melon Reports
1993 Melon Reports
CGC Report No. 16 Melon (Cucumis melo) Cucumis germplasm: 1992 collection expedition in India J.D. McCreight, J.E. Staub, N.M. Koppar and U.C. Srivastaba (USA and India) CGC 16:35-36 (1993) Resistance to melon dieback in Spanish landraces of melon F. Nuez and J. Esteva (Spain) CGC 16:37-38 (1993) Club mildew: working group on resistance of melon to […]
Genotypic Control of Regeneration Potential in Cucumis melo
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 16:53-54 (article 19) 1993 J. Jain and T.A. More Division of Vegetable Crops, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi – 110012, INDIA Present study was undertaken to outline the genotypic control of regeneration potential in C. melo. Three sex forms viz. andromonoecious (Pusa Madhuras), gynoecious (GM-5D, GM-7 and GM-6E-7) and monoecious […]
Screening of Melons for Sweetpotato Whitefly Resistance: 1992
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 16:49-52 (article 18) 1993 James D. McCreight U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Reesearch Service, U.S. Agricultural Research Station, 1636 East Alisal Street Salinas, CA 93905, USA Sweetpotato whitefly, Bemisa tabaci Genn. (SPWF) B strain virtually destroyed the Fall 1991 melon crop in the lower desert valleys of Arizona and California (4). […]
The Role of Viruses in Sudden Wilt of Melons in New York
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 16:47-48 (article 17) 1993 Henry M. Munger Department of Plant Breeding, Cornell University, Ithica, NY 14853, USA It is now 50 years since I saw melons near Geneva, N.Y. wilt and die just as the first fruits were ripening. This was in a field in which W.D. Enzie was breeding for […]
Breeding and Development of Cucumber Green Mottle Mosaic Virus (CGMMV) Resistant Lines in Melon Cucumis melo L.)
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 16:44-46 (article 16) 1993 T.A. More, A. Varma, V.S. Seshadri, R.G. Somkuwar, and L. Rajamony Division of Vegetable Crops, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi – 110012, INDIA In sub-tropical parts of India around Delhi, CGMMV has been found more common and dangerous than any other virus on melon (5, 6). […]
Gene for Resistance to Fusarium Wilt Race 1 in Oriental Pickling Melon
Curbit Genetics Cooperative Report 16:42-43 (article 15) 1993 Harry S. Paris, Ron Cohen, Yael Danin-Poleg, and Shoshanna Schreiber Department of Vegetable Crops, Agricultural Research Organization, Newe Ya’ar Experiment Station, P.O. Haifa, ISRAEL Several races of Fusarium oxysporum f. melonis afflict melons. The dominant genes Fom-1, carried by ‘Doublon’, and Fom-3, carried by ‘Perlita’, confer resistance […]
Downy Mildew (Pseudoperonospora cubensis B & C) Resistance in Melon (Cucumis melo L.)
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 16:40-41 (article 14) 1993 R.G. Somkuwar and T. A. More Division of Vegetable Crops, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi – 110012, INDIA Downy mildew has become a major threat to commercial cucurbits including melon and cucumber in India (5). In the sub-tropical pats during the premonsoon rains and in other […]
Club Mildew: Working Group on Resistance of Melon to Powdery Mildew
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 16:39 (article 13) 1993 James D. McCreight, Michel Pitrat U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Agricultural Research Station, 1636 East Alisal Street, Salinas, CA 93905, USA; Station d’Amelioration des Plantes Maraicheres, I.N.R.A., BP 94, 84143 Montfavet Cedex, FRANCE Determinations of races of powdery mildew and resistance genes in melon […]
Resistance to Melon Dieback in Spanish Landraces of Melon
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 16:37-38 (article 12) 1993 F. Nuez, J. Esteva Depto. Biotecnologia. Universidad Politecnica de Valencia (UPV), SPAIN, Dpto. Ingenieria Aplicada. Universidad de Murcia, SPAIN Melon dieback is a serious vine decline disease of melon in Spain (2, 3). The primary origin of this disease has been attributed to several ground fungus [Rhizoctonia […]