Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative

Report No. 8

July 1985

Table of Contents (article titles linked to html files)

• Introduction
  • Resolution and Acknowledgment
  • Report of the Eight Annual Meeting
  • Announcement of Ninth Annual Meeting
  • Other Meetings
  • Comments from the Coordinating Committee
• Cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
  1. Segregation of the determinate (de) allele in crosses between Cucumis sativus L. and C. sativus var. hardwickii R. (Alef.)
     D.E. Delaney and R.L. Lower (USA)
  2. Near-isogenic lines of several cucumber varieties
     Henry M. Munger (USA)
  3. Short petiole, a useful seedling marker for genetic studies in cucumber
     A.P.M. den Nijs and I.W. Boukema (The Netherlands)
  4. Optimum heat unit summation technique for harvest prediction of fresh-market and pickling cucumbers in North Carolina
     Katherine B. Perry and Todd C. Wehner (USA)
  5. Sources of resistance to viruses in two accessions of Cucumis sativus
     R. Provvidenti (USA)
  6. A Giemsa C-banding procedure for Cucumis chromosomes
     C. Ramachandran (The Netherlands)
  7. Morphological and anatomical comparisons between two botanical varieties of Cucumis sativus: hardwickii and sativus
     D.A. Schuman, J.E. Staub and B.E. Struckmeyer (USA)
  8. Preliminary yield evaluation of inbred lines derived from Cucumis sativus var. hardwickii (Royle) Kitamura
     Jack Staub (USA)
  9. Electrophoretic variation among wild species in the genus Cucumis
     J. Staub and L. Frederick (USA)
  10. Estimates of genetic variances and covariances of three fresh-market cucumber populations
      Mark S. Strefeler and Todd C. Wehner (USA)
  11. Effects of location and grade-size on the length/diameter ratio of pickling cucumbers
      G.E. Tolla (USA)
  12. A standard system for making comments while collecting data in a cucumber evaluation program
      Todd C. Wehner (USA)
• Melon (Cucumis melo)
  13. Inheritance mode of melon fruit characters
      J. Abadia, M.L. Gomez-Guillamon, J. Cuartero and F. Nuez (Spain)
  14. Inheritance of resistance to downy mildew in Cucumis melo PI 124111
      Y. Cohen, S. Cohen and C.E. Thomas (Israel and USA)
  15. Characterization of melon cultivars
      M.L. Gomez-Guillamon, J. Abadia, J. Cuartero, C. Cortes, and F. Nuez (Spain)
  16. Cold germinability of Cucumis melo
      Mark G. Hutton and Brent Loy (USA)
  17. Effect of inoculation with Myrothecium roridum Tode ex Fries on seed germination and early seedling growth of 12 cultivars of muskmelon (Cucumis melo)
      J. Kuti, T.J Ng, and G.A. Bean (USA)
  18. AC-70-154, a gummy stem blight resistant muskmelon breeding line With desirable horticultural characteristics
      J.D. Norton and R.D. Cosper (USA)
  19. Genetic linkages in muskmelon
      M. Pitrat (France)
  20. B-chromosome variation in Cucumis melo L.
      C. Ramachandran, S. Seshadri and R.A. Pai (India)
  21. Silver nitrate induction of perfect flowers in monoecious plants of muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.)
      Georgette Risser and J.C. Rode (France)
• Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
  22. A preliminary report on screening watermelon for sensitivity to ozone and sulfur dioxide
      Gwen Eason and R.A. Reinert (USA)
  23. Interaction of commercial watermelon cultivars with regional isolates of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum
      G.A.W. Nepa, B. B. Rhodes and W. W. Wallace (USA)
• Squash and Pumpkin (Cucurbita spp.)
  24. Obtention of embryos and plants from in vitro culture of unfertilized ovules of Cucurbita pepo
      D. Chambonnet and R. Dumas de Vaulx (France)
  25. Differential sensitivity of Cucurbita pepo cultivars to ethephon
      Menahem Edelstein, Harry S. Paris, Haim Nerson, Zvi Karchi and Yosef Burger (Israel)
  26. Rapid TLC and KPLC test For cucurbitacins
      P.M. Gorski, A. Jaworski, S. Shannon and R.W. Robinson (Poland and USA)
  27. Cucurbitacin concentrations in different plant parts of Cucurbita species as a function of age
      A. Jaworski, P. M. Gorski, S. Shannon and R.W. Robinson (USA and Poland)
  28. Breeding for resistance to cucumber mosaic virus in courgette and vegetable marrow
      D.A.C. Pink and D.G.A. Walkey (United Kingdom)
  29. Lack of resistance to zucchini yellow mosaic virus in accessions of Cucurbita maxima
      R. Provvidenti and R. Alconero (USA)
  30. Breeding high-female lines through interspecific hybridization of Cucurbita
      Soo Nyeon Kwack and Kunimitsu Fujieda (Japan)
• Other Genera and Species
  31. Use of Cucumis anguria as a vegetable in Brazil
      C.D. da Costa (Brazil)
  32. Resistance to acute gamma irradiation of pollen of Cucumis species
      A.P.M. den Nijs, C.J.M. Denissen and M.A.P.F. Hornes (The Netherlands)
• Gene Lists and Germplasm
  33. Stocks and Germplasm Desired or for Exchange
  34. Gene List for Cucumber
      CGC Gene List Committee
• Appendices
  • Covenant and By-Laws
  • Membership Directory
  • Members in Countries Other Than the USA
  • Financial Statement