CGC Report No. 21 Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) Breeding and Production of Edible Seed Watermelon Seed in China Jiannong Zhang (P.R. China) CGC 19:66 (1996) Inheritance of Seed Size from Diverse Crosses in Watermlon Jiannong Zhang (P.R. China) CGC 19:67-69 (1996) Watermelon Fruit Blotch Infection Rates in Diploids and Triploids B.B. Rhodes, X.P. Zhang, J.T. Garrett […]
Watermelon Reports
Watermelon Fruit Blotch Infection Rates in Diploids and Triploids
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 19:70-72 (article 26) 1996 B.B. Rhodes, X.P. Zhang, J.T. Garrett and C. Fang Horticulture Department, E 142 Poole Center, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634 Watermelon fruit blotch (WFB) caused by the bacterium now known as Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli was first noted in south Carolina in 1989. the pathogen from an […]
Inheritance of Seed Size from Diverse Crosses in Watermelon
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 19:67-69 (article 25) 1996 Jiannong Zhang Melon Research Institute, Gansu University of Agriculture, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730070, P.R. China Introduction: Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum and Nakai) is divided into two types of crops in China: common watermelon for flesh; and watermelon grown for seeds for human consumption (edible seed). Considerable diversity […]
Breeding and Production of Watermelon for Edible Seed in China
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 19:66-67 (article 24) 1996 Jiannong Zhang Melon Research Institute, Gansu University of Agriculture, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730070, P.R. China Introduction: Edible seed watermelon had been grown in China for several hundred years, mainly as a source of edible seed. This is the same species as common watermelon grown for flesh (Citrullus lanatus […]
1995 Watermelon Reports
CGC Report No. 22 Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) Germplasm resources of Citrullus lanatus in the Genebank of the Polytechnic University of Valencia P. Fernandez de Cordova, M.J. Diez, A. Iglesias and F. Nuez (Spain) CGC 18:52-54 (1995) Powdery mildew attacks commercial watermelon cultivars in Sudan Sadig K. Omara and M. Taha (Sudan) CGC 18:55 (1995) Triploid watermelons resist […]
Triploid Watermelons Resist Fruit Blotch Organism
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 18:56-58 (article 27) 1995 J.T. Garret, B.B. Rhodes and Xingping Zhang Department of Horticulture, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634 Watermelon fruit blotch disease (WFB), presently attributed to the bacterium Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli, is a devastating disease which renders infected watermelon [Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsumura and Nakai] fruits unmarketable. This disease […]
Powdery Mildew Attacks Commercial Watermelon Cultivars in Sudan
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 18:55-55 (article 26) 1995 Sadig K. Omara and M. Taha National Institute for Promotion of Horticultural Exports, University of Gezira, P.O. Box 20, Wad Medani, Sudan Powdery mildews have always been serious diseases on cultivated cucurbits in Sudan. Squashes, pumpkins, melons, cucumbers and snake cucumbers are susceptible to severe attack when […]
Germplasm Resources of Citrullus lanatus in the Genebank of the Polytechnic University of Valencia
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 18:52-54 (article 25) 1995 Fernandez de Cordova, P., M.J. Diez, A. Iglesias and F. Nuez Departmento de Biotechnologia, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, 46022, Valencia, Spain The Genebank of the Polytechnic University of Valencia holds 5436 accessions of vegetable species. Of these, 2221 of them belong to the Cucurbitaceae, 201 of which are watermelon […]
1994 Watermelon Reports
CGC Report No. 17 Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) A new morphological marker in watermelon, juvenile albino (ja) X. Zhang and B.B. Rhodes (USA) CGC 17:101 (1994) Determination of watermelon ploidy level using flow cytometry X.P. Zhang, B.B. Rhodes and J.F. Whitesides (USA) CGC 17:102-105 (1994) Screening for resistance to anthracnose (race 2), gummy stem blight, and root knot […]
RAPD Molecular Markers in Watermelon
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 17:116-119 (article 34) 1994 X.P. Zhang and B.B. Rhodes; H. Skorupska Dept. of Horticulture, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634; Dept. of Agronomy and Soils and Biological Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, Sc 29634 Watermelon is grown worldwide, yet genetic evaluation is far behind other important crops such as cucumber and melon (Henderson, […]