Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 3:38 (article 21) 1980 B. B. Rhodes Edisto Experiment Station, Blackville, SC 29817 Poole, Grimball and Porter (1) reported digenic control of seed length in watermelon. A ratio of 9 medium (10 mm mean length): 3 long (13 mm mean length) : 4 short (6 mm mean length) was reported. The […]
Watermelon Reports
1980 Watermelon Report
Report No. 3 Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) An additional seed length class in watermelon B.B.Rhodes (USA) CGC 3:38 (1980) Inheritance of a pale seedling character in Citrullus lanatus B.B. Rhodes (USA) CGC 3:39-40 (1980)
1979 Watermelon Report
Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) Improvement of watermelon with polyploids O.J. Eigsti (USA) CGC 2:25-26 (1979) Growing seedless hybrid (triploid) watermelons by direct seeding H.H. Partridge (USA) CGC 2:27 (1979) Preliminary report on association of Diabrotica resistance and morphological characters in watermelon B.B.Rhodes (USA) CGC 2:28 (1979) Race 2 anthracnose resistance in a watermelon line with a pale leaf […]
Race 2 Anthracnose Resistance in a Watermelon Line With a Pale Leaf Character
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 2:29-30 (article 18) 1979 B. B. Rhodes Edisto Experiment Station, Blackville, SC 29817 Hadwiger and Hall (1) reported increased growth of Colletotrichum orbiculare on the dark green striped rind area of ‘Garrisonian’ watermelon fruits. No other report relating this disease to the pigmentation of the watermelon fruit or vine is known. A pale […]
Preliminary Report on Association of Diabrotica Resistance and Morphological Characters in Watermelon
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 2:28 (article 17) 1979 B. B. Rhodes Edisto Experiment Station, Blackville, SC 29817 Chambliss and Cuthbert (1) determined that resistance to Diabrotica in watermelon was controlled by a single recessive gene. No association between this gene and other genes has been reported. We are currently investigating the assortment of genes for Diabrotica resistance, dwarf habit, […]
Growing Seedless Hybrid (triploid) Watermelons by Direct Seeding
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 2:27 (article 16) 1979 H. H. Partridge Munday Vegetable Growers Co-op, Munday, TX 76371 To be successful in growing seedless hybrid (triploid) watermelons by direct seeding, it is necessary to alter cultural practices normally used in growing the common diploid watermelon. Many growers have failed in their attempts to grow triploids […]
Improvement of Watermelon with Polyploids
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 2:25-26 (article 15) 1979 0. J. Eigsti 17305 SR4, R. R. 1, Goshen, IN 46526 Numerous polyploid species are important crops that show superiority over their diploid progenitors, and natural polyploid species exhibit a much wider range of adaptation than their related diploids (6). In both cases, the polyploids have attained […]
Watermelon: Breeding for Resistance to Mycosphaerella citrullina and Colletotrichum lagenarium
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 1:24 (article 23) 1978 J. D. Norton Auburn University Agricultural Experiment Station, Auburn, AL 36830 Severe crop losses and reduced yields of melons have resulted from gummy stem blight Mycosphaerella citrullina in certain fields in Alabama. Although the damage seemed to be more widespread in the Gulf Coast area, there have been frequent […]
A Watermelon Bulk Population with Resistance to Cucumber Beetles
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 1:23-24 (article 22) 1978 O. L. Chambliss and J. D. Norton Auburn University Agricultural Experiment Station, Auburn, AL 36830 A bulk population of cucumber beetle resistant watermelon has been developed from resistant single plant selection grown in minimum isolation and allowed to open-pollinate for three generations. The original population was grown […]
Potential Uses of Micropropagation for Cucurbits
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 1:21 (article 21) 1978 L. R. Barnes, F. D. Cochran, R. L. Mott and W. R. Henderson North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27650 Plant tissue culture offers a potential tool for rapid clonal propagation of most herbaceous plants. For plant breeders, these techniques would allow the rapid multiplication of a […]