Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 13:47-48 (article 19) 1990 H. T. Skorupska and N. G. Allgood Dept. of Agronomy & Soils and Biological Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634 The application of polyploidy in watermelon (Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai) breeding, and the development of aneuploid stocks for future genome mapping and chromosome engineering, requires […]
Watermelon Reports
Male-Sterile (ms) from China Apparently Non-Allelic to Glabrous-Male Sterile (gms) Watermelon
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 13:46 (article 18) 1990 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 29634 Controlled pollinations were made in the summer of 1989 between different watermelon lines containing the single recessive genes male-sterile (ms) and […]
A Genetic Male-Sterile (ms) Watermelon from China
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 13:45-46 (article 17) 1990 Xing-ping Zhang and Ming Wang Department of Horticulture, Northwestern Agricultural University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, P.R. China In 1983, Xitong Xia and his colleagues found two male-sterile watermelon plants with small, shrunken anthers and aborted pollen, from among selfed progeny of cv. Nongmi No. 100. They pollinated each […]
Nutrients in Seeds of Edible Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. and Nakai)
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 13:43-44 (article 16) 1990 Kechi Ma Department of Horticulture, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China (PRC) Xing-ping Zhang and Ming Wang Department of Horticulture, Northwestern Agricultural University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China (PRC) Although there are other processed products from the flesh of edible seed watermelons in China, the main purpose is seed production. […]
Edible Seed Watermelons (Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai) in Northwest China
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 13:40-42 (article 15) 1990 Xing-ping Zhang Department of Horticulture, Northwestern Agricultural University, Yangling, Shaanxi, Peoples’ Republic of China Yi Jiang Lanzhou Horticulture School, Lanzhou, Peoples’ Republic of China Northwest China is a major production area for melons (Cucumis melo L.) and fleshy watermelons, due to the high temperatures, intensive sunlight, and […]
1989 Watermelon Report
Report No. 12 Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) A second look at the glabrous male-sterile (gms) character in watermelon B.B. Rhodes, B.A. Murdock and J.W. Adelberg (USA) CGC 12:58 (1989) Inheritance of orange flesh color in watermelon W.R. Henderson (USA) CGC 12:59-63 (1989) Influence of handling and nitrogen nutrition on flowering and growth of watermelon transplants in the greenhouse […]
Studies of Watermelon Germplasm Resources and Breeding. III. Correlation between Parents and their F1 Hybrids, Phenotypic Correlation Among Characters and Path Analysis
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 12:67 (article 28) 1989 Zhang Xingping and Wang Ming Department of Horticulture, Northwestern University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 71202, P.R. China Abstract. Twenty-one (21) watermelon lines and their 19 F1 hybrids were tested for correlation analysis between parents and their F1 hybrids, phenotypic correlation and path coefficient analysis. The results indicated that significantly […]
Influence of Handling and Nitrogen Nutrition on Flowering and Growth of Watermelon Transplants in the Greenhouse
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 12:64-67 (article 27) 1989 R.N. McArdle Biological and Chemical Sciences, Central Research Division, General Foods USA, 555 S. Broadway, Tarrytown, NY 10591 Efficient, early production of female flowers in watermelon Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. and Nakai is of keen interest to those making controlled crosses or otherwise attempting to produce fruit […]
Inheritance of Orange Flesh Color in Watermelon
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 12:59-63 (article 26) 1989 Warren R. Henderson Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7609 A variety of flesh colors are present in watermelon: red, orange, yellow, and white. Porter (3) reported yellow flesh from ‘Golden Honey’ was recessive, y to red flesh, Y . Poole (2) showed […]
A Second Look at the Glabrous Male-Sterile (gms) Character in Watermelon
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 12:58 (article 25) 1989 B.B. Rhodes, B.A. Murdock and J.W. Adelberg Clemson University Edisto Research and Education Center, Blackville, SC Watts (5) recovered the gms character from irradiated seed in 1957 and reported on the variant in 1962. Although the variant behaved as a single recessive gene, there were two notable […]