Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative

Report No. 18

July 1995

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
  • 18th Annual CGC Business Meeting
  • 19th Annual CGC Business Meeting
  • U.S. Cucurbit Crop Germplasm Committee Update
  • 15th Annual Meeting of the Watermelon Research Group
  • Cucurbitaceae '94 - Padre Island, Texas
  • Cucurbitaceae '96 - Malaga, Spain
• Cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
  1. The production and introduction of cucurbit crops in the basin of "The Three Rivers" in Tibet, China
     Meng Zhang, Hongwen Cui and Jianguo Li (P.R. China)
  2. North Carolina State University cucumber germplasm and cultivar releases, 1957 to 1988
     Todd C. Wehner and Richard L. Lower (USA)
  3. Selection for multiple lateral determinate cucumber genotypes
     J.E. Staub and L. Crubaugh (USA)
  4. Problems associated with the selection of determinate cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) plant types in a multiple lateral background
     J.E. Staub, Jeff Bacher and Linda Crubaugh (USA)
  5. Principal component analysis for traits selection in cucumber breeding
     Hongwen Cui, Meng Zhang and Huanwen Meng (P.R. China)
  6. Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) induced mutations: A female sterile mutant and an independent long hypocotyl mutant
     K. Niemirowicz-Szczytt, M. Rucinska, A. Korzeniewska and S. Malepszy (Poland)
  7. The relationship between storage time and viability of cucumber seeds (Cucumis sativus L.)
     Huanwen Meng, Zhihui Cheng, Hongwen Cui and Enrang Zhang (P.R. China)
  8. Effect of hot treatment on the vigor of newly-harvested cucumber seeds
     Hongwen Cui and Mingan Yin (P.R. China)
  9. Alteration of catalase activity and ethylene release during germination in newly-harvested cucumber seeds
     Mingan Yin and Hongwen Cui (P.R. China)
  10. Chilling sensitivity in seedlings: Ethylene production
      Jianhui Liu and Hongwen Cui (P.R. China)
  11. Heredity analysis of photosynthetic rate and chilling tolerance of cucumber seedlings under low temperature
      Janguo Li, Hongwen Cui and Meng Zhang (P.R. China)
  12. Histopathology of cucumber resistance to downy mildew
      Qing Ma and Hongwen Cui (P.R. China)
  13. Split-root technique for multiple nematode resistance in cucumber
      S. Alan Walters, Todd C. Wehner and Kenneth R. Barker (USA)
  14. Paternal inheritance of mitochondrial DNA in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)
      S. Matsuura (Japan)
• Melon (Cucumis melo)
  15. A combining ability study in muskmelon Using line x tester analysis
      M.S. Dhaliwal (India)
  16. A virescent mutant in melon
      M. Pitrat, C. Olivier and M. Ricard (France)
  17. Cochleare folium, a mutant with spoon-shaped leaf in melon
      M. LeCouviour, M. Pitrat, C. Olivier and M. Ricard (France)
  18. Interaction between monoecy and male sterility in melon
      M. Pitrat (France)
  19. New sources for powdery mildew resistance in melon from Spanish local cultivars
      E. Floris and J.M. Alvarez (Spain)
  20. Field screening of melon varieties and lines for multiple race resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melonis
      T.L. Zuniga and T.A. Zitter (USA)
  21. Specificity of transmission of melon yellowing viruses by Trialeurodes vaporariorum and Bemisia tabaca
      C. Soria, A.I.L. Sese, and M.L. Gomez-Guillamon (Spain)
  22. Screening of melons for silverleaf whitefly resistance: 1994
      James D. McCreight (USA)
  23. Regeneration response of genetic marker lines and commercial cultivars of Cucumis melo L.
      Jaagrati Jain and T.A. More (India)
  24. A simple and inexpensive method for DNA extraction from Cucumis melo L.
      Sylvie Baudracco-Arnas (France)
• Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
  25. Germplasm resources of Citrullus lanatus in the Genebank of the Polytechnic University of Valencia
      P. Fernandez de Cordova, M.J. Diez, A. Iglesias and F. Nuez (Spain)
  26. Powdery mildew attacks commercial watermelon cultivars in Sudan
      Sadig K. Omara and M. Taha (Sudan)
  27. Triploid watermelons resist fruit blotch organism
      J.T. Garrett, B.B. Rhodes and Xingping Zhang (USA)
• Squash and Pumpkin (Cucurbita spp.)
  28. Seedling screens for resistance to gummy stem blight in squash
      Yiping Zhang, Konstantinos Anagnostou, M.M. Kyle and Thomas A. Zitter (USA)
  29. Rind maturity and susceptibility of butternut squash to Didymella bryoniae
      T.A. Zitter and J.L. Drennan (USA)
• Other Genera and Species
  30. The production of Buddha's Hand in China
      Zhihui Cheng, Huanwen Meng and Hongwen Cui (P.R. China)
  31. A multi-viral resistant cultivar of bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria from Taiwan)
      R. Provvidenti (USA)
  32. Growth regulator effects on sex expression of luffa sponge gourd
      Todd C. Wehner and Tammy L. Ellington (USA)
• Gene Lists and Germplasm
  33. Gene list for watermelon: 1995
      Bill Rhodes and Xingping Zhang (USA)
  34. Gene nomenclature for the Cucurbitaceae
      CGC Gene List Committee
• Appendices
  • CGC 1995 Membership Directory
  • CGC Members in the USA
  • International CGC Members
  • Covenant and By-Laws of the Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative
  • CGC Financial Statement (31 Dec 1994)