Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative

Report No. 3

July 1980

Table of Contents (article titles linked to html files)

• Introduction
  • Resolution and Acknowledgment
  • Report of the Third Annual Meeting
  • Announcement of Fourth Annual Meeting
  • Comments
  • Announcement of Cucurbit Related Meetings
  • Erratum
• Cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
  1. In vitro adventitious bud formation on seedling and embryo explants of Cucumis sativus L.
     J.B.M. Custers and J.H.W. Bergervoet (The Netherlands)
  2. Rosette, a spontaneous cucumber mutant arising from cucumber- muskmelon mentor pollination
     A.C. de Ruiter, B.J. van der Knap and R. W. Robinson (The Netherlands and USA
  3. Screening cucumbers for resistance to the vegetable leafminer
     Gwendolyn Eason, G.G. Kennedy and R. L. Lower (USA)
  4. Effects of the white spine allele on skin toughness and fruit firmness in 'Wisconsin SMR18' cucumber
     B.F. George, and H.M. Munger (USA)
  5. An apetalous male sterile mutant in cucumber
     P.E. Grimbly (United Kingdom)
  6. An estimate of heritability of fruit number from a cross between a pickling cucumber inbred (Cucumis sativus L.) and an inbred of C. hardwickii R.
     R.R. Horton,R.L. Lower and J. Nienhuis (USA)
  7. Complementation between two perfect flowered mutants in cucumber
     A.F. Iezzoni, C.E. Peterson and G.E. Tolla (USA)
  8. The identity of genes for glabrousness in Cucumis sativus L.
     H. Inggamer and O.M.B. de Ponti (The Netherlands)
  9. The effect of fruit size on various fruit quality characteristics
     J. Mather and R.L. Lower (USA)
  10. Influence of reciprocal donor scions on fruit setting characteristics of recipient scions of Cucumis sativus and C. hardwickii R.
      James Nienhuis and R.L. Lower (USA)
  11. Heterosis estimates for several characteristics in a cross between a gynoecious inbred of Cucumis sativus L. and C. hardwickii R. line
      James Nienhuis, R.L. Lower and R.R. Horton (USA)
  12. Effectiveness of AVG for inducing staminate flowers on gynoecious cucumbers
      A.P.M. den Nijs (The Netherlands)
  13. "Divided leaf", a recessive seedling marker in cucumber
      A.P.M. den Nijs and H.O. Mackiewicz (The Netherlands)
  14. Pollen receptivity of different areas of the stigma in cucumber
      R.W. Robinson and D.F. Heffernan (USA)
• Melon (Cucumis melo)
  15. In vitro callus and shoot induction from hypocotyl and peduncle of muskmelon (Cucumis melo)
      K. Abak and R. Dumas de Vaulx (Turkey and France)
  16. Resistance to cucumber mosaic virus transmission by Aphis gossypii in melon
      H. Lecoq and M. Pitrat (France)
  17. Male sterile-1: Stability of expression
      J.D. McCreight (USA)
  18. Monoecious sex expression in muskmelon, Cucumis melo L.
      T.A. More, V.S. Seshadri and J.C. Sharma (India)
  19. Embryo culture of Cucumis species
      J.D. Norton (USA)
  20. Induction of perfect flowers on gynoecious muskmelon by silver nitrate and aminoethoxyvinylglycine
      K.W. Owens, C.E. Peterson and G.E. Tolla (USA)
• Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
  21. An additional seed length class in watermelon
      B.B.Rhodes (USA)
  22. Inheritance of a pale seedling character in Citrullus lanatus
      B.B. Rhodes (USA)
• Squash and Pumpkin (Cucurbita spp.)
  23. Realization of the interspecific hybridization (Fl and BC1) between Cucurbita pepo and C. ecuadorensis
      R. Dumas de Vaulx and M. Pitrat (France)
  24. Gibberellic acid treatment to improve germination of cucurbit seed
      J.T. Puchalski and R.W. Robinson (Poland and USA)
  25. Bitter Cucurbita hybrids as baits for Diabroticite beetle control
      A.M. Rhodes, R.L. Metcalf and E.R. Metcalf (USA)
  26. Synonymy of Cucurbita martinezii and C. okeechobeensis
      R.W. Robinson and J.T. Puchalski (USA and Poland)
  27. Systematics of the melon-squash
      R.W. Robinson and J.T. Puchalski (USA and Poland)
  28. Comparison of squash and honey bees as pollinators of summer squash
      Vincent J. Tepedino (USA)
  29. Fruit development in summer squash in relation to the number of stigmatic lobes receiving pollen
      Vincent J. Tepedino (USA)
• Other Genera and Species
  30. Reciprocal crosses between Cucumis africanus L.f. and C. metuliferus Naud. II. Embryo development in vivo and in vitro
      J.B.M. Custers and G. van Ee (The Netherlands)
  31. In vivo pollen tube growth as a measure of interspecific-incongruity in Cucumis L.
      Y.O. Kho, A.P.M. den Nijs and J. Franken (The Netherlands)
  32. Problems with the identification of Cucumis L. taxa
      L. van Leeuwen and A.P.M. den Nijs (The Netherlands)
  33. Reciprocal crosses between Cucumis africanus L.f. and C. metuliferus Naud. I. Overcoming barriers to fertilization by mentor pollen and AVG
      A.P.M. den Nijs, J.B.M. Custers and A.J. Kooistra (The Netherlands)
  34. Karyo-morphology of Cucumis callosus (Rottl.) Cogn.
      V.A. Parthasarathy and C.N. Sambandam (India)
  35. Taxonomic position of Dosakaya (Cucumis sp.) - the acid melon of India
      V.A. Parthasarathy and C.N. Sambandam (India)
  36. Taxonomy of Cucumis callosus (Rottl.) Cogn. - the wild melon of India
      V.A. Parthasarathy and C.N. Sambandam (India)
  37. The Cucumis species collection at the IVT
      D.L. Visser and A.P.M. den Nijs (The Netherlands)
• Gene Lists and Germplasm
  38. Covenant and By-Laws
  39. Stocks and Germplasm Desired or for Exchange
• Appendices
  • CGC Membership Directory
  • CGC Financial Statement