2021 Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report #44

CGC 44 (2021) Table of Contents Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) and related species 1. Citrullus Germplasm Diversity in Tunisia: An Overview.  Hela Chikh-Rouhou and Ana Garcés-Claver 4. Citrullus naudinianus Genome Assembly. Robert L. Jarret, Olga Dudchenko, David Weisz, Ruqayya Khan and Erez L. Aiden Melon (Cucumis melo) 7. Melon Germplasm from Tunisia with Immense Breeding Value.  […]

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2019 Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report

CGC Report #42    Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)  Resistance Response of Citrullus Genotypes to Stagonosporopsis Isolates Causing Gummy Stem Blight. Winnie Gimode, Marin Lonnee and Cecilia McGregor A New Watermelon Variety ‘Longshengjiafeng’ with High Quality and High Resistance to Fusarium Wilt. Q. Wang, Y.H. Jia, W. Yan, Y. K. Fu, H.B. You How Russian Breeders Discovered […]

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2018 Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report

CGC Report #41 Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) Evaluation of Two Field Inoculation Methods for Testing Resistance to Bacterial Fruit Blotch in Watermelon Fruit. James D. Daley and Todd C. Wehner Inovation Research on Germplasm Resources of Watermelon with Resistance to Fusarium Wilt X.Q. Wang, W. Yan., Y.H. Jia, Y.K. Fu and H.B. You Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) […]

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Cucurbit Rootstocks Resistant to Fusarium Wilt of Watermelon Retain Resistance When CoInfected by Southern Root-Knot Nematode

The interspecific hybrid squash (Cucurbita maxima × C. moschata) rootstock ‘Carnivor’ is resistant to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum (FON) but susceptible to Meloidogyne incognita, the southern root-knot nematode. A new citron (Citrullus amarus) rootstock ‘Carolina Strong Back’ is resistant to FON and M. incognita. The objectives of this study were to determine if an […]

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Morphological Variability and Phenotypic Association among Pairs of Characters of some Watermelon chlorotic stunt virus Resistant Lines of Citrullus lanatus Thunb.

Twelve lines of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus Thunb.) with resistance to Watermelon chlorotic stunt virus (WCSV) were morphologically characterized and association among pairs of characteristics was estimated. These watermelon lines were developed at the National Institute for Promotion of Horticultural Exports-University of Gezira-Sudan. Wide differences exist among these lines with respect to vegetative, inflorescence, fruit and […]

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Natural Outcrossing in Watermelon – A Review

Rakesh Kumar and Todd C. Wehner Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7609 Watermelon [Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai var. lanatus] belongs to the family Cucurbitaceae and subtribe Benincasinae (24). Other members of the Cucurbitaceae are cucumber, melon, pumpkin, and gourd. The genus Citrullus has been divided taxonomically into four […]

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