Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 22:41-42 (article 15) 1999 Amnon Levi and Claude Thomas U.S. Vegetable Laboratory, USDA, ARS, 2875 Savannah Highway, Charleston, South Carolina 29414 Our previous experiments in isolating DNA from watermelon leaves using the basic cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) procedure (Saghi Maroof et al., 1984; Rogers and Bendich, 1985; Doyle and Doyle, 1987) resulted […]
Watermelon Reports
In vitro Generation of Tetraploid Watermelon with Two Dinitroanilines and Colchicine
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 22:38-40 (article 14) 1999 Ying Li School of Plant, Statistical and Ecological Sciences, 111 Poole Agricultural Center, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634 John F. Whitesides School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, C123 Poole Agricultural Center, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634 Bill Rhodes School of Plant, Statistical and Ecological Sciences, 111 Poole […]
Triploid and Tetraploid Watermelon ( Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. and Nakai) Seed Size and Weight
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 22:34-37 (article 13) 1999 Marietta Loehrlein Department of Agriculture, Western Illinois University, Malcomb, IL 61455-1390 Dennis T. Ray Department of Plant Sciences, the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 Introduction Triploid watermelons are theoretically seedless and are the result of crosses between tetraploid female and a diploid male plants (1). Tetraploid […]
Inheritance of Light Green Flower Color (gf) in Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 22:31-33 (article 12) 1999 Young-Seok Kwon National Alpine Agricultural Experiment Station, Pyongchang, Korea.232-950 Fenny Dane Department of Horticulture, Auburn University, AL 36849 USA Introduction Watermelon, Citrullus lanatus (Thunb,) is cultivated in many countries of the world. It is an important vegetable crop in Korea, where the acreage in 1998 was more […]
A Tendrilless Mutant in Watermelon: Phenotype and Inheritance
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 22:28-30 (article 11) 1999 Bill Rhodes School of Plant, Statistical and Ecological Sciences, Poole Agricultural Center, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634 Xingping Zhang Hollar Seeds, P.O. Box 106, Rocky Ford, CO 81-67-0106 Vance Baird and Halina Knapp School of Plant, Statistical and Ecological Sciences, Poole Agricultural Center, Clemson University, Clemson, SC […]
1998 Watermelon Reports
CGC Report No. 21 Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) Identification and Distribution of Races of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum on Watermelon in Korea Young-Seok Kwon, Young-Hyun Om and Hoe-Tae Kim (Rep. of Korea) CGC 21:31-32 (1998) New Resistance to Race 2 of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum in Watermelon Fenny Dane, Leigh K. Hawkins, Joseph D. Norton (USA) and Young-Seok Kwon and Young-Hyun Om […]
New Resistance to Race 2 of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum in Watermelon
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 21:37-39 (article 13) 1998 Fenny Dane, Leigh K. Hawkins and Joseph D. Norton Department of Horticulture, Auburn University, AL 36849, USA Young-Seok Kwon and Young-Hyun Om Alpine Agricultural Experiment Station, Pyongchang, 232-950, Rep. of Korea Introduction. Fusarium wilt of watermelon caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum (E.F. Sm.) Snyd. & […]
Identification and Distribution of Races of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum on Watermelon in Korea
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 21:33-36 (article 12) 1998 Young-Seok Kwon and Young-Hyun Om Alpine Agricultural Experiment Station, Pyongchang, 232-950, Rep. of Korea Hoe-Tae Kim Pusan Horticultural Experiment Station, Pusan, 618-300- Rep. of Korea Introduction. Fusarium wilt in watermelon, caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum (E.F.Sm.) Snyd. & Hans., which occurs throughout the world, is […]
1997 Watermelon Report
CGC Report No. 20 Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) Honey Bees Waste Time on Triploid Male Flowers Bill Rhodes, Katherine B. Gruene and W. Michael Hood (USA) CGC 20:45 (1997)
Honey Bees Waste Time on Triploid Male Flowers
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 20:45 (article 19) 1997 Bill Rhodes, Katherine B. Gruene and W. Michael Hood Horticulture Department, Clemson University, Clemson SC 29634 Adlerz (1) reported that 8 honey bee visits are necessary to effect fruit set on diploid watermelon. Although a large number of male flowers exist on diploid pollenizer rows in a […]