Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative

Report No. 4

July 1981

Table of Contents (article titles linked to html files)

• Introduction
  • Resolution and Acknowledgment
  • Report of Fourth Annual Meeting
  • Announcement of Fifth Annual Meeting
  • Comments
  • Errata
• Cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
  1. Investigations into the characteristics of seeds from compact cucumber plants
     M.D. Edwards and R.L. Lower (USA)
     CGC 4:2-3 (1981)
  2. Variability for seed quality among fruit from individual compact cucumber plants
     M.D. Edwards and R.L. Lower (USA)
     CGC 4:4-5 (1981)
  3. In vitro growth and sporulation of Didymella bryoniae and a glasshouse method for screening for resistance of cucumber
     A.C. van der Giessen and A.P.M. den Nijs (The Netherlands)
     CGC 4:6-7 (1981)
  4. Effects of ethylene on hermaphroditic cucumbers
     Amy Iezzoni and C.E. Peterson (USA)
     CGC 4:8-10 (1981)
  5. A second source of non-bitterness in cucumber
     H. Inggamer and O.M.B. de Ponti (The Netherlands)
     CGC 4:11 (1981)
  6. An estimate of the heritability of low temperature seed germination in cucumber
     James Nienhuis and R.L. Lower (USA)
     CGC 4:12 (1981)
  7. The effects of fermentation and storage time on germination of cucumber seeds at optimal and suboptimal temperatures
     James Nienhuis and R.L. Lower (USA)
     CGC 4:13-16 (1981)
  8. Pathogenicity of isolates of Didymella bryoniae and reisolation of the fungus out of symptomless plants
     A.P.M. den Nijs and A.C. van der Giessen (The Netherlands)
     CGC 4:17-18 (1981)
  9. A cucumber mutant with increased hypocotyl and internode length
     R.W. Robinson and J.W. Shail (USA)
     CGC 4:19 (1981)
  10. Tissue culture propagation of field-grown cucumber selections
      T.C. Wehner and R.D. Locy (USA)
      CGC 4:20-22 (1981)
• Melon (Cucumis melo)
  11. Leaf miner resistant muskmelon breeding lines
      Joseph D. Norton (USA)
      CGC 4:24 (1981)
  12. Multiple disease resistant casaba
      Joseph D. Norton (USA)
      CGC 4:24 (1981)
  13. A new plant type in Cucumis melo L.
      H.S. Paris, Z. Karchi, H. Nerson, M. Edelstein, A. Govers, and D. Freudenberg (Israel)
      CGC 4:24-26 (1981)
  14. Association of sex form with fruit shape in muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.)
      N.N. Shinde and V. S. Seshadri (India)
      CGC 4:26-28 (1981)
• Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
  15. A new watermelon disease in Tunisia
      Hager Jebari (Tunisia)
      CGC 4:30-31 (1981)
  16. Hypersensitivity to anthracnose infection in Citrullus lanatus
      B.B. Rhodes (USA)
      CGC 4:32-33 (1981)
• Squash and Pumpkin (Cucurbita spp.)
  17. Segregation for resistance to trifluralin toxicity in progeny from crosses of susceptible Cucurbita moschata parents
      Adeoye A. Adeniji and Dermot P. Coyne (USA)
      CGC 4:35 (1981)
  18. Non-destructive fatty acid analysis of cucurbit seed
      Allen Gathman and W.P. Bemis (USA)
      CGC 4:36 (1981)
  19. Seed increase of Mexican Cucurbita collection
      C.J.A. Laborde (Mexico)
      CGC 4:36 (1981)
  20. Monitoring and controlling corn rootworm beetles with baits of dried bitter Cucurbita hybrids
      R.L. Metcalf, A.M. Rhodes and E.R. Metcalf (USA)
      CGC 4:37 (1981)
  21. Sources of resistance to viruses in Lagenaria siceraria
      R. Provvidenti (USA)
      CGC 4:38-40 (1981)
  22. Virus studies with Cucurbita foetidissima
      M.E. Rosemeyer and W.P. Bemis (USA)
      CGC 4:41 (1981)
  23. Do Cucurbita plants with silvery leaves escape virus infection? Origin and characteristics of NJ260
      O. Shifriss (USA)
      CGC 4:42-43 (1981)
  24. On coadaptation of Gene B in Cucurbita
      O. Shifriss (USA)
      CGC 4:44-45 (1981)
  25. The derivatives of 'Fordhook Zucchini' and their breeding value
      O. Shifriss (USA)
      CGC 4:46 (1981)
• Other Genera and Species
  26. Heart shape stage embryos of Cucumis species more successful in embryo culture than advanced stage embryos
      J.B.M. Custers (The Netherlands)
      CGC 4:48-49 (1981)
  27. Reciprocal crosses Between Cucumis africanus L.f. and C. metuliferus Naud. III. Effects of pollination aids, physiological condition and genetic constitution of the maternal parent on crossability
      J.B.M. Custers, A.P.M. den Nijs and A.W. Riepma (The Netherlands)
      CGC 4:50-52 (1981)
  28. Response of some Cucurbita and Cucumis accessions to three Meloidogyne species
      A. Dalmasso, R. Dumas de Vaulx and M. Pitrat (France)
      CGC 4:53-55 (1981)
  29. Species crosses under controlled temperature conditions
      Y.O. Kho, J. Franken and A.P.M. den Nijs (The Netherlands)
      CGC 4:56-57 (1981)
  30. Seedling death in interspecific crosses with Cucumis africanus L.f.
      A.P.M. den Nijs, D.L. Visser and J.B.M. Custers (The Netherlands)
      CGC 4:58-60 (1981)
• Gene Lists and Germplasm
31. Stocks and Germplasm Desired or for Exchange
    CGC 4:66 (1981)
• Appendices
  • Special Report - Covenant and By-Laws
  • Membership Directory
  • Financial Statement