Obtention of haploid plants induced by irradiated pollen in watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:109-110 (article 38) 1991 N. Gursoz, K. Abak, M. Pitrat, J.C. Rode andR. Dumas de Vaulx Cukurova University, Faculty of Agriculture, Dept. of Horticulture, Adana (Turkey), Station d’Amelioration des Plantes Maraicheres, I.N.R.A., BP 94,84143 Montfavet Cedex (France) The first haploid plant in Cucurbitaceae was observed spontaneously in cucumber in 1958 (1). […]

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Plant Regeneration from Callus Cultures of Citrullius colocynthis

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:107-108 (article 37) 1991 T.W. Frazier and J.O. Kuti Horticulture Research Laboratory, College of Agriculture, Texas A&I University, Kingsville, TX 78363. Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad. belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family and produces edible seeds rich in oil and protein (4). The plant is a long-lived perennial, indegenous to Africa and the […]

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Allozyme Diversity at the Pgi-2 Locus of Citrullus lanatus from Zimbabwe

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:104-106 (article 36) 1991 D. Benscher and R. Provvidenti Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University, new York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, NY 14456 Toll and Gwarazimba reported in a983 to have collected 134 landraces of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) in Zimbabwe (5). In 1986, we received from the USDA Germplasm Resources, […]

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A Strategy Toward Varietal Resistance to Watermelon Fruit Blotch

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:102-103 (article 35) 1991 B.B. Rhodes and N.V. Desamero, and Xingping Zhang Department of Horticulture, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, Department of Horticulture, Northwestern Agricultural University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712102, People’s Republic of China The disease called watermelon fruit blotch (WFB) appeared in the summer of 1989, first in Florida and subsequently […]

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Screening of Domestic and Wild Citrullus Germplasm for Resistance to the Yellow-Stunting Disorder in the United Arab Emirates

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:98-101 (article 34) 1991 A.A. Hassan, N.E. Quronfilah, U.A. Obaji, M.A. Al-Rays and M.S.Wafi Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, U.A.E. University, Al-Ain, U.A.E. (first authors) and Department of Agriculture and Animal Production, Al-Ain, U.A.E. (other authors). Watermelon, Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum & Nakai, is one of the most important vegetables in the […]

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R309, A Selection of Citrullus colocynthis with Mutagenic Resistance to Colletyotrichum lagenarium race 2

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:92-97 (article 33) 1991 S.L. Love and B.B. Rhodes Assistant Professor, University of Idaho, Aberdeen ID 83210 and Professor, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29632, respectively Anthracnose, caused by Colletotricum lagenarium (Pass.) Ell. and Halst., is a widespread disease of cucurbits (5). It is especially destructive on watermelon (Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum […]

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Segregation Data Suggest Male Sterility Genes gms and ms in Watermelon Are Not in the Same Linkage Group

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:90-91 (article 32) 1991 B.A. Murdock, N. H. Ferguson and B.B. Rhodes Departments of Horticulture (1st and 3rd authors) and Agronomy (2nd author), Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29364. The gms and ms traits in watermelon have both been previously reported as the expression of single recessive nuclear genes in apparent non-allelic […]

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Late Male Fertility in a Glabrous, Male-Sterile (gms) Watermelon Line

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:85-89 (article 31) 1991 B. B. Rhodes Department of Horticulture, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0375 The glabrous character can be fixed in lines heterozygous for gms (2, 3). Although Whitaker and Bemis (4) noted the possibility of using late male fertility for maintaining the gms line, no further study of this […]

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1991 Watermelon Reports

Report 14 Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) Late male fertility in a glabrous, male-sterile (gms) watermelon line B.B. Rhodes (USA) CGC 14:85-89 (1991) Segregation data suggest male sterility genes gms and ms in watermelon are not in the same linkage group B.A. Murdock, N.H. Ferguson and B.B. Rhodes (USA) CGC 14:90-91 (1991) R309, a selection of Citrullus colocynthis with multigenic resistance to Colletotrichum lagenarium race […]

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1990 Watermelon Reports

Report No. 13 Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) Edible seed watermelons (Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai) in Northwest China X. Zhang and Y. Jiang (P.R. China) CGC 13:40-42 (1990) Nutrients in seeds of edible watermelon (Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai) K. Ma, X. Zhang and M. Wang (P.R. China) CGC 13:43-44 (1990) A genetic male-sterile (ms) watermelon from China […]

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