Presence of Factors for Delayed Germination in Citrullus lanatus and Citrullus colocynthis

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 6:64-65 (article 32) 1983 B. B. Rhodes and Stephen L. Love Clemson University, Edisto Experiment Station, Blackville, SC 29817 Citrullus lanatus PI 299379 and PI 189225 and Citrullus colocynthis ‘R309’ show delayed germination. Since these three genotypes have shown resistance to race 2 anthracnose, we have been particularly interested in germination because poor germination […]

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The Relationship Between Fruit Lesions and Foliage Destruction of Watermelon Biotypes Inoculated with Race 2 Anthracnose

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 6:62-63 (article 31) 1983 B. B. Rhodes Clemson University, Edisto Experiment Station, Blackville, SC 29817 This study was undertaken to determine whether resistant biotypes (1), have fewer fruit lesions than susceptible cultivars and also to determine if spore production was effected on fruit sections from fruit on resistant vines. Seven replications […]

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The Importance of Cultural Practices in Materializing Yield Potential in a Tetraploid Watermelon Cultivar

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 6:59-61 (article 30) 1983 Z. Karchi, H. Nerson, H. S. Paris, M. Edelstein and A. Govers Division of Vegetable Crops, Agricultural Research Organization, Newe Ya’ar Experiment Station, P. O. Haifa, Israel Breeding programs in watermelons are undertaken to improve one or more characteristics. Sometimes the process results in genotypes that differ […]

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Hypersensitivity to Anthracnose Infection in Citrullus lanatus

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 4:32-33 (article 16) 1981 B. B. Rhodes Edisto Experiment Station, P. O. Box 247, Blackville, SC 29817 Van der Plank (3) discussed the hypersensitivity reaction in plants as first defined by Muller. It includes the morphological and histological change that when produced by an infectious agent, elicit the premature dying of […]

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Inheritance of a Pale Seedling Character in Citrullus lanatus

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 3:39-40 (article 22) 1980 B. B. Rhodes Edisto Experiment Station, Blackville, SC 29817 The pale seedling character in watermelon was as described previously (1). On first examination, the character appeared to be associated with resistance to race 2 anthracnose (AR2). In 1979 the inheritance of this character and its relationship to […]

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