Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative

Report No. 1

July 1978

Table of Contents (article titles linked to html files)

• Introduction
  • Resolution
  • Acknowledgment
  • Report of First Annual Meeting
  • Announcement of Second Annual Meeting
  • Comments
• Cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
  1. Preliminary report on in vitro propagation of cucumber
     W.R. Alsop, W.W. Cure, G.F. Evans and R.L. Mott (USA)
  2. Fusarium wilt resistance of cucumbers
     G.M. Armstrong and J.K. Armstrong (USA)
  3. Breeding for fruit rot resistance in cucumbers
     J.L. Bowers and M. Goode (USA)
  4. Cucumis hardwickii: A source of germplasm for the cucumber breeder
     E.K. Horst and R.L. Lower (USA)
  5. An interspecific, cross between cucumber (Cucumis sativus) and muskmelon (Cucumis melo)
     B.J. van der Knaap and A.C. de Ruiter (The Netherlands)
  6. Effects of silver nitrate and gibberellic acid on gynoecious cucumber
     R.L. Lower, D.M. Pharr and E.K. Horst (USA)
  7. Association of fruit shape and sex expression in the cucumber
     R.W. Robinson (USA)
  8. Fasciation in the cucumber
     R.W. Robinson (USA)
  9. Linkage relations of genes for tolerance to powdery mildew in cucumber
     R.W. Robinson (USA)
  10. Gene linkage in the 'Lemon' cucumber
      R.W. Robinson (USA)
  11. Linkage of male sterility and sex expression genes in cucumber
      R.W. Robinson (USA)
  12. Mutagenic experiments with the cucumber
      R.W. Robinson (USA)
  13. Pleiotropic effects of the glabrous gene of the cucumber
      R.W. Robinson (USA)
  14. Spontaneous mutation in the cucumber
      R.W. Robinson (USA)
  15. Screening cucumbers for resistance to pickleworm
      E.V. Wann, J.F. Robinson, R.L. Lower, J.M. Schalk and T.L. Pulliam (USA)
• Melon (Cucumis melo)
  16. Dwarf cantaloupe breeding
      L.W. Halsey (USA)
  17. Improving self-pollinations in muskmelon
      J.B. Loy and T. Natti (USA)
  18. Regulation of sex expression in gynomonoecious muskmelon for hybrid seed production
      J.B. Loy (USA)
  19. Cantaloupe: Breeding for resistance to Mycosphaerella citrullina, Meloidogyne incognita acrita and Diaphania nitidalis
      J.D. Norton (USA)
  20. Tolerance of melon to watermelon mosaic virus II
      M. Pitrat (France)
• Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
  21. Potential uses of micropropagation for cucurbits
      L.R. Barnes, F.D. Cochran, R.L. Mott and W.R. Henderson (USA)
  22. A watermelon bulk population with resistance to cucumber beetles
      O.L. Chambliss and J.D. Norton (USA)
  23. Watermelon: Breeding for resistance to Mycosphaeralla citrullina and Colletotrichum lagenarium
      J.D. Norton (USA)
• Squash and Pumpkin (Cucurbita spp.)
  24. The versatility of the feral buffalo gourd, Cucurbita foetidissima HBK
      W.P. Bemis (USA)
  25. Multiple virus resistance in Cucurbita species
      R. Provvidenti, R.W. Robinson and H.M. Munger (USA)
  26. Comparative electrophoretic analysis of isozymes in Cucurbita species
      J.R. Puchalski and R.W Robinson (Poland & USA)
  27. Genetic variation of esterases and peroxidases in an interspecific Cucurbita cross
      J.T. Puchalski, R.W. Robinson and J.W Shail (Poland & USA)
  28. Insect associations with Cucurbita in Illinois
      A.M. Rhodes, W.L Howe, R.L. Metcalf and P.Y. Lu (USA)
  29. Gynoecious sex expression in Cucurbita resulting from an interspecific cross
      R.W. Robinson, M.A. Boettger and J.W. Shail (USA)
  30. Genetic differences in sex expression and response to ethephon in summer squash, Cucurbita pepo L.
      S. Shannon and R.W. Robinson (USA)
  31. Compact mutations in Cucurbita pepo L. induced by ethyl-methanesulfonate
      W.N. Whitwood and J.L. Weigle (USA)
  32. Natural and induced mutations in C. pepo
      W.N.Whitwood and J.L. Weigle (USA)
• Other Genera and Species
  33. Dormancy of Cucumis species
      C. Heit, R.W. Robinson and W. Mishanec (USA)
  34. White fly resistance in Cucumis species
      E.Kowalewski and R.W. Robinson (USA)
  35. Interspecific crosses of Cucumis species
      J.D. Norton (USA)
  36. Comparative electrophoresis of isozymes of Cucumis species
      J.T. Puchalski, R.W. Robinson and J.W. Shail (USA)
  37. Interspecific hybridization of Cucumis
      R.W. Robinson and E. Kowalewski (USA)
• Gene Lists and Germplasm
  38. Gene nomenclature rules for the Cucurbitaceae
      R.W. Robinson (USA)
  39. Stocks and Germplasm Desired or for Exchange
• Appendices
  • CGC Membership Directory
  • CGC Financial Statement