Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative

Report No. 19

July 1996

• Introduction
  • Comments from the CGC Coordinating Committee
  • Comments from the CGC Gene List Committee
  • Comments from the CGC Gene Curators
  • 19th Annual CGC Business Meeting (1995)
  • U.S. Cucurbit Crop Germplasm Committee (CCGC) Update
  • 1996 Watermelon Research Group Meeting
  • Pickling Cucumber Improvement Committee (PCIC)
  • Proceedings from Cucurbitaceae '94 and Cucurbitaceae '96
  • "Melon" Now Accepted by USDA
  • CGC's Move to the World Wide Web
  • Corrigendum
• Cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
  1. An Induced Mutation in Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.): Super compact
     K. Niemirowicz-Szczytt, M. Rucinska and A. Korzeniewska (Poland)
  2. Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) Mutants Segregating in M₂ Generation after Gamma-ray Seed and Pollen Irradiation
     O. Kawaide, S. Matsuura and S. Iida (Japan)
  3. Lost Information
     J.E. Staub (USA)
  4. Environment can Affect the Placement of Discrete Traits on Genetic Maps: The Case of Sex Expression in Cucumber
     F.C. Serquen and J.E. Staub (USA)
  5. Underestimation of Detection of QTLs when Using Dominant Gene Markers: The Case of RAPDs in Cucumber
     F.C. Serquen and J.E. Staub (USA)
  6. Once-over Harvest Yield of Cucumber Hybrids Made with a Determinate Parent
     Todd C. Wehner and Richard L. Lower (USA)
  7. Correlation between Leaf Size and Horticultural Characteristics in Cucumber
     H. Mizusawa, N. Hirama and S. Matsuura (Japan)
  8. Effects of Calcium on Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) Seed Germination, Seed Storage and Seedling Growth
     Huanwen Meng, Zhihui Cheng and Hongwen Cui (P.R. China)
  9. Variation in Free Proline Content of Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) Seedlings under Low Temperature Stress
     Jiqing Wang and Hongwei Cui (P.R. China)
  10. The Evaluation of Cold Tolerance in Chinese Cucumber Varieties
      Zhongli Ji, Huanwen Meng and Hongwen Cui (P.R. China)
  11. The Relationship between Papilla Formation and Resistance of Cucumber to Sphaerotheca fuliginea (Schlecht.) Poll.
      Qing Ma and Hongwen Cui (P.R. China)
  12. CMV Resistance in Three Sources of Cucumber
      Michael J. Havey (USA)
  13. Regeneration of Interspecific Hybrids of Cucumis sativus L. x C. hystrix Chakr. by Direct Embryo Culture
      J.F. Chen, J.E. Staub and Y. Tashiro (USA and Japan)
  14. Efficiency of Haploid Production in Cucumber
      G. Çaglar and K. Abak (Turkey)
  15. Transfer and Expression of the Firefly Luciferase Gene in Cucumber
      G. Sapountzakis and A.S. Tsaftaris (Greece)
  16. Selection and Multiplication of Transgenic Embryogenic Tissues of Cucumber Using a Suspension Culture Procedure
      S.H.T. Raharjo and Z.K. Punja (Canada)
• Melon (Cucumis melo)
  17. Phenylurea Cytokinin More Effective than 6- Benzyladenine in Promoting Fruit Set and Inducing Parthenocarpy in Melon
      J. Brent Loy and Peter C. Allen (USA)
  18. Selection and Characterization of Known Genetic Marker Accessions for Hybridization with Commercial Varieties of Cucumis melo L.
      J. Jain and T.A. More (India)
  19. Identification and Selection of Genetic Marker Donor Lines for Incorporation of Diseases Resistance in Cultivars of Cucumis melo L.
      J. Jain and T.A. More (India)
  20. Host Range of a Melon Yellowing Virus Transmitted by Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) in Southern Spain
      J.L. García Carrasco, A.I.L. Sesé and M.L. Gómez-Guillamón (Spain)
  21. Temperature-conditioned Response to Sphaerotheca fuliginea Race 1 in the Spanish Melon Cultivar ANC-57
      J.A. Torés, M.L. Gómez-Guillamón and I. Cánovas (Spain)
  22. Potential Utility of RAPD Markers Linked to Fom 2 Gene in Melon
      David W. Wolff and Jianling Zhou (USA)
  23. Micropropagation of the Melon Hybrid 'Galia'
      N. Spetsidis, G. Sapountzakis and A.S. Tsaftaris (Greece)
• Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
  24. Breeding and Production of Edible Seed Watermelon Seed in China
      Jiannong Zhang (P.R. China)
  25. Inheritance of Seed Size from Diverse Crosses in Watermlon
      Jiannong Zhang (P.R. China)
  26. Watermelon Fruit Blotch Infection Rates in Diploids and Triploids
      B.B. Rhodes, X.P. Zhang, J.T. Garrett and C. Fang (USA)
• Squash and Pumpkin (Cucurbita spp.)
  27. The B Genes and their Phenotypic Expression in Cucurbita: An Overview
      Oved Shifriss (USA)
  28. High Yields of Summer Squash Lines and Hybrid Combinations
      Andres Tacho Amaya and Sergio Garza Ortega (Mexico)
  29. Resistance to Three Isolates of Zucchini Yellow Mosaic Virus (ZYMV) in Squash (Cucurbita pepo L.)
      E.A. Ahmed, A.E. El Jack, A.M. Salama and G.A. Daffala (Sudan)
  30. A Taiwan Strain of Papaya Ringspot Virus from Carica papaya Causing Prominent Symptoms on Cultivated Cucurbits
      R. Provvidenti (USA)
• Other Genera and Species
  31. Post-harvest Treatments for Producing Sponges from Immature Fruits of Luffa Gourd
      Tammy L. Ellington and Todd C. Wehner (USA)
  32. Post-harvest Bleaching of Luffa Sponges for Reduced Stains without Reduced Strength
      Todd C. Wehner and Tammy L. Ellington (USA)
  33. CGC on the World Wide Web
      Timothy J Ng (USA)
• Gene Lists and Germplasm
  34. Update of Gene List for Cucurbita spp.
      R.W. Robinson and Mark G. Hutton (USA)
  35. Gene nomenclature for the Cucurbitaceae
      CGC Gene List Committee
  36. Release of Three Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) Breeding Lines
      Richard L. Lower (USA)
  37. Release of Watermelon Mosaic Virus (WMV) Resistant Watermelon Breeding Lines WM-1, WM-2, WM-3 and WM-4
• Appendices
  • CGC 1996 Membership Directory
  • CGC Members in the USA
  • International CGC Members
  • Covenant and By-Laws of the Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative
  • CGC Financial Statement (31 Dec 1995)