Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative

Report No. 5

July 1982

Table of Contents (article titles linked to html files)

• Introduction
  • Resolution and Acknowledgment
  • Report of Fifth Annual Meeting
  • Announcement of Sixth Annual Meeting
  • Comments
• Cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
  1. Effect of the duration of short-day treatment on the flowering response of a Cucumis sativus var. hardwickii (R.) Alef line
     P.T. Della Vecchia, C.E. Peterson and J.E. Staub (USA)
  2. Inheritance of short-day response to flowering in crosses between a Cucumis sativus var. hardwickii (R.) Alef line and Cucumis sativus L. lines
     P.T. Della Vecchia, C.E. Peterson and J.E. Staub (USA)
  3. Comparative yields of compact and vining plant type isolines in cucumber at four densities
     M.D. Edwards and R.L. Lower (USA)
  4. The genetic regulation of several seed traits in compact (cp cp) cucumbers - maternal vs. embryonic control
     M.D. Edwards and R.L. Lower (USA)
  5. Cucumber shoot tip growth on 9 nitrogen sources in in vitro culture
     Robert D. Locy and Todd C. Wehner (USA)
  6. Linkage of sex type, growth habit and fruit length in two cucumber inbred backcross populations
     K.W. Owens and C.E. Peterson (USA)
  7. Correlation of single-plant yield with multiple-harvest yield in pickling cucumber
     Todd C. Wehner (USA)
  8. Genetic variation for low-temperature germination ability in cucumber
     Todd C. Wehner (USA)
  9. Weighted selection indices for trials and segregating populations
     Todd C. Wehner (USA)
  10. Correlation of multiple harvest yield with once-over yield in small plots for fresh-market cucumbers
      Todd Wehner and Conrad H. Miller (USA)
• Melon (Cucumis melo)
  11. Comparison of the effectiveness of BA and AVG in promoting fruit set in muskmelon
      J.B. Loy (USA)
  12. Androecious sex form in muskmelon
      M.B. Magdum, N.N. Shinde and V.S. Seshadri (India)
  13. Response of muskmelon cultivars to bacterial wilt (Erwina tracheiphila [E. F. Smith] Holland)
      K.W. Owens and C.E. Peterson (USA)
  14. Further observations on "Birdsnest" muskmelons
      H.S. Paris, Z. Karchi, H. Nerson, M. Edelstein, A. Govers and D. Freudenberg (Israel)
  15. Vat and Fn, two linked genes in muskmelon
      M. Pitrat, H. Lecoq and G. Risser (France)
  16. Some genotype-environment interactions in Cucumis melo L.
      Georgette Risser (France)
  17. Effect of ethylene on fruit set in emasculated and non-emasculated flowers of muskmelon
      C.D. Zack and J.B. Loy (USA)
• Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
18. Bacterial rind necrosis of watermelon in North Carolina
    Warren R. Henderson and S. F. Jenkins, Jr. (USA)
• Squash and Pumpkin (Cucurbita spp.)
  19. On white cotyledons in Cucurbita pepo L.
      Helen Atthowe and O. Shifriss (USA)
  20. Dry matter accumulation and productivity in bush and vine strains of winter squash
      C.E. Broderick and J.B. Loy (USA)
  21. Cucurbitacins of cotyledons of Cucurbitaceae cultivars as related to Diabroticite beetle attack
      J.E. Ferguson, Esther R. Metcalf, Robert L. Metcalf and A.M. Rhodes (USA)
  22. Parthenocarpic fruit set in glasshouse grown zucchini squash
      A.P.M. den Nijs and N.J.D. Veldhuyzen van Zanten (The Netherlands)
  23. Sources of resistance or tolerance to viruses in accessions of Cucurbita maxima
      R. Provvidenti (USA)
  24. On the silvery-leaf trait in Cucurbita pepo L.
      O. Shifriss (USA)
  25. Comparison of seed coat development and composition in normal and hull-less strains of pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo L.)
      S.G. Stuart and J. B. Loy (USA)
• Other Genera and Species
  26. In vitro culture of embryos of Cucumis zeyheri Sond. (2n=24)
      J.B.M. Custers and A. Khatun (The Netherlands & Bangladesh)
  27. Inheritance of resistance to cucumber green mottle mosaic virus (CGM) in Cucumis anguria L.
      A.P.M. den Nijs (The Netherlands)
  28. Rectification of the names of certain accessions of the IVT- Cucumis collection
      H.Q. Varekamp, D.L. Visser and A.P.M. den Nijs (The Netherlands)
• Gene Lists and Germplasm
  29. Update of Cucurbit Gene List
      CGC Gene List Committee
• Appendices
  • Covenant and By-Laws
  • Membership Directory
  • Financial Statement