In vitro Culture of Embryos of Cucumis zeyheri Sond. (2n=24)

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 5:54-56 (article 26) 1982 J.B.M. Custers Institute for Horticultural Plant Breeding, P.O., Box 15, Wageningen, The Netherlands A. Khatun Bangladesh Jute Research Institute, Dacca-17, Bangladesh It has been shown previously that embryos from the cross Cucumis zeyheri* (Gene Bank no. 0181) x C. Metuliferus (Gbn 1734) stopped growth during cotyledon development and seeds with such […]

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Inheritance of Resistance to Cucumber Green Mottle Mosaic Virus (Cgm) in Cucumis anguria L.

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 5:57-58 (article 27) 1982 A.P.M. den Nijs Institute for Horticultural Plant Breeding, P.O. Box 16, Wageningen, The Netherlands Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus (Cgm), first described by Ainsworth (1), causes significant losses in the glasshouse culture of cucumbers in Western Europe and Japan (3, 5). Strict phytosanitary measures are necessary to […]

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Rectification of the Names of Certain Accessions of the IVT-Cucumis Collection

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 5:59-60 (article 28) 1982 H.Q. Varekamp, D.L. Visser and A.P.M. den Nijs Institute for Horticultural Plant Breeding (IVT), P.O. Box 16, Wageningen, The Netherlands During last summer we were fortunate enough to have the assistance of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew to check the taxonomic determinations of our Cucumis species collection. We […]

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1982 Other Cucurbit Genera & Species Reports

Report No. 5 Other Genera and Species In vitro culture of embryos of Cucumis zeyheri Sond. (2n=24) J.B.M. Custers and A. Khatun (The Netherlands & Bangladesh) CGC 5:54-56 (1982) Inheritance of resistance to cucumber green mottle mosaic virus (CGM) in Cucumis anguria L. A.P.M. den Nijs (The Netherlands) CGC 5:57-58 (1982) Rectification of the names of certain accessions […]

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Seedling Death in Interspecific Crosses with Cucumis africanus L.f.

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 4:58-60 (article 30) 1981 A. P. M. den Nijs, D. L. Visser and J. B. M. Custers Institute for Horticultural Plant Breeding, P. O. Box 16, Wageningen, The Netherlands Three interspecific crosses with Cucumis africanus L.f. out of our crossability analysis of African Cucumis species (4) set seed, most of which […]

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Response of Some Cucurbita and Cucumis Accessions to Three Meloidogyne Species

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 4:53-55 (article 28) 1981 A. Dalmasso, R. Dumas de Vaulx and M. Pitrat Station de Recherches sur les Nematodes, INRA, 06602 Antibes Cedex, France (first author); Station d’Amelioration des Plantes Maraicheres, INRA, B.P. 94, 84140 Montfavet-Avignon, France (second and third authors) We have developed an interspecific hybridization program to introduce into […]

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Reciprocal Crosses Between Cucumis africanus L.f. and C. metuliferus Naud. III. Effects of Pollination Aids, Physiological Condition and Genetic Constitution of the Maternal Parent on Crossability

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 4:50-53 (article 27) 1981 J. B. M. Custers, A. P. M. den Nijs and A. W. Riepma Institute for Horticultural Plant Breeding, P. O. Box 16, Wageningen, The Netherlands The positive effect of mentor pollen and amino-ethoxy-vinyl-glycine (AVG) on the success of reciprocal crosses between Cucumis africanus L.f. and C. metuliferus […]

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Heart Shape Stage Embryos of Cucumis Species More Successful in Embryo Culture than Advanced Stage Embryos

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 4:48-49 (article 26) 1981 J. B. M. Custers Institute for Horticultural Plant Breeding, P. O. Box 16, Wageningen, The Netherlands Experience with general prerequisites of the artificial culture of vital embryos from self pollinated plants of Cucumis species is likely to be helpful to the culture of abortive embryos from interspecific […]

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1981 Other Cucurbit Genera and Species Reports

Report No. 4 Other Genera and Species Heart shape stage embryos of Cucumis species more successful in embryo culture than advanced stage embryos J.B.M. Custers (The Netherlands) CGC 4:48-49 (1981) Reciprocal crosses Between Cucumis africanus L.f. and C. metuliferus Naud. III. Effects of pollination aids, physiological condition and genetic constitution of the maternal parent on […]

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