CGC 12 (1989)

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative

Report No. 12

July 1989

Table of Contents (article titles linked to html files)

Introduction
- Comments from the CGC Coordinating Committee
- Comments from the CGC Gene List Committee
- Comments from the CGC Gene Curators
- Report of the Twelfth Annual CGC Business Meeting
- Cucurbitaceae '89: Evaluation and Enhancement of Cucurbit Germplasm
- Report from the 1989 Watermelon Workshop
- US Cucurbit Crop Advisory Committee Update
- Future Cucurbit Meetings for 1989-90
- Corrigenda
Cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
1. Alternaria alternata f. sp. cucurbitae on cucumber and other cucurbits
  D.J. Vakalounakis (Greece)
  CGC 12:1-4 (1989)
2. Toxins: potential screening aid for selecting anthracnose resistance in cucumbers
  D.C. Linde, J.M. Shively and B.B. Rhodes (USA)
  CGC 12:5-6 (1989)
3. Tolerance of cucumber to chloramben herbicide
  J.E. Staub and L.K. Crubaugh (USA)
  CGC 12:7-8 (1989)
4. Cucumber yield improvement through breeding in the Southeast U.S.A.
  T.C. Wehner (USA)
  CGC 12:9-10 (1989)
5. Source-sink relationships in cucumber
  J.E. Staub (USA)
  CGC 12:11-14 (1989)
6. Delayed pollination successful for cucumbers in North Carolina greenhouse
  T.C. Wehner and R.R. Horton, Jr. (USA)
  CGC 12:15 (1989)
7. Seed weight of cucumber cultivars
  T.C. Wehner and R.R. Horton, Jr. (USA)
  CGC 12:16-17 (1989)
8. Electrophoretic examination of Cucumis sativus L. and Cucumis melo L.
  V.S. Sujatha and V.S. Seshadri (India)
  CGC 12:18-19 (1989)
9. Improvements of in vitro growth of cucumber
  J.B.M. Custers and E.C.P. Verstappen (The Netherlands)
  CGC 12:20-21 (1989)
10. Haploid gynogenesis in Cucumis sativus induced by irradiated pollen
  A. Sauton (France)
  CGC 12:22-23 (1989)
11. Preliminary data on haploid cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) induction
  K. Niemirowicz-Szczytt and R.D. de Vaulx (Poland and France)
  CGC 12:24-25 (1989)
12. Isolation and culture of Cucumis metuliferus protoplasts
  W.H. McCarthy, T.C. Wehner and M.E. Daub (USA)
  CGC 12:26-28 (1989)
13. Isolation and culture of protoplasts of Cucumis sativus and Cucumis metuliferus and methods for their fusion
  F.A. Tang and Z.K. Punja (USA)
  CGC 12:29-34 (1989)
14. Transformation of cucumber with Agrobacterium rhizogenes
  F. van der Mark, J.H.W. Bergervoet and J.B.M. Custers (The Netherlands)
  CGC 12:35-36 (1989)
Melon (Cucumis melo)
1. Tolerance reaction of muskmelon to inoculation with Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melonis races 0 and 1
  D. Gabillard and M. Jacquet (France)
  CGC 12:37-38 (1989)
2. Resistance to Sphaerotheca fuliginea (Schlecht. ex Fr.) Poll. in Spanish muskmelon cultivars
  M.L. Gomez-Guillamon and J.A. Tores (Spain)
  CGC 12:39 (1989)
3. Transmission of the causal agent of muskmelon yellowing disease
  C. Soria and M.L. Gomez-Guillamon (Spain)
  CGC 12:40-41 (1989)
4. Search for sources of resistance to yellowing disease in Cucumis spp.
  C. Soria, M.L. Gomez-Guillamon, J. Esteva and F. Nuez (Spain)
  CGC 12:42-43 (1989)
5. Resistance to yellowing disease in muskmelon
  J. Esteva, F. Nuez and M.L. Gomez-Guillamon (Spain)
  CGC 12:44-45 (1989)
6. A screening procedure for ZYMV resistance in muskmelons
  A.J. Raffo, I.A. Khan, L.F. Lippert, M.O. Hall and G.E. Jones (USA)
  CGC 12:46-49 (1989)
7. Low temperature germination in muskmelon is dominant
  H. Nerson and J.E. Staub (Israel and USA)
  CGC 12:50 (1989)
8. Ethylene production by germinating seeds of different sexual genotypes of muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.)
  J. Alvarez (Spain)
  CGC 12:51-52 (1989)
9. Flesh calcium content of group inodorus and group reticulatus muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.) fruits
  T.J Ng and V. Carr (USA)
  CGC 12:53-54 (1989)
10. Direct and indirect regeneration of Cucumis melo L. from cotyledon culture
  W.A. Mackay, T. J Ng and F.A. Hammerschlag (USA)
  CGC 12:55-57 (1989)
Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
1. A second look at the glabrous male-sterile (gms) character in watermelon
  B.B. Rhodes, B.A. Murdock and J.W. Adelberg (USA)
  CGC 12:58 (1989)
2. Inheritance of orange flesh color in watermelon
  W.R. Henderson (USA)
  CGC 12:59-63 (1989)
3. Influence of handling and nitrogen nutrition on flowering and growth of watermelon transplants in the greenhouse
  R.N. McArdle (USA)
  CGC 12:64-66 (1989)
4. Studies of watermelon germplasm resources and breeding. III. Correlation between parents and their F1 hybrids, phenotypic correlation among characters, and path analysis
  Zhang Xingping and Wang Ming (P.R. China)
  CGC 12:67 (1989)
Squash and Pumpkin (Cucurbita spp.)
1. Cucurbita moschata half-sib families collected in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic
  L. Wessel-Beaver and M.W. Carbonell (USA/Puerto Rico)
  CGC 12:68-69 (1989)
2. Inheritance of mottled leaf in Cucurbita moschata Poir
  A. Ribeiro and C.P. da Costa (Brazil)
  CGC 12:70-71 (1989)
3. List, description, and interactions of the genes affecting fruit color in Cucurbita pepo
  H.S. Paris (Israel)
  CGC 12:72-74 (1989)
4. Relationship between the B genes of two Cucurbita species, II.
  O. Shifriss, R.B. Volin and Tom V. Williams (USA)
  CGC 12:75-78 (1989)
5. Relationship between gene B and gene Ses-B in Cucurbita pepo L.
  O. Shifriss (USA)
  CGC 12:79-81 (1989)
6. Control of chlorophyll during plant development: Hypothesis
  O. Shifriss (USA)
  CGC 12:82-83 (1989)
7. Determination of molecular weight of chloroplast DNA of Cucurbita pepo L. using different restriction enzymes
  H.T. Lim and C. Boyer (USA)
  CGC 12:84-85 (1989)
Other Genera and Species
1. Taxonomic position of round melon (Praecitrullus fistulosus)
  V.S. Sujatha and V.S. Seshadri (India)
  CGC 12:86-88 (1989)
2. Allozyme studies in the Benincaseae
  D.S. Decker-Walters and T.W. Walters (USA)
  CGC 12:89-90 (1989)
Gene Lists and Germplasm

Gene List for Cucumber
L.K. Pierce and T.C. Wehner (USA)
CGC 12:91-103 (1989)

Appendices

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