Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative

Report No. 21

July 1998

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
  • Cucurbitaceae '98: Evaluation and Enhancement of Cucurbit Germplasm
  • 1997 Annual CGC Business Meeting
  • 1998 Annual CGC Business Meeting
  • Cucurbit Crops Germplasm Committee Update
  • 18th Annual Meeting of the Watermelon Research and Development Group
  • Upcoming Meetings of Interest to Cucurbit Researchers
• Cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
  1. Relationships among Putative Botanical Varieties in Cucumber
     Jinsheng Liu (P.R. China) and Jack E. Staub (USA)
  2. Paternal Inheritance of Mitochondrial DNA in Cucumber: Confirmation by PCR Method
     S. Matsuura, H. Mizusawa and K. Kadowaki (Japan)
  3. Effects of Copper Seedcoat Agent on Cucumber Germination and Seedling Growth
     Meng Huanwen, Cui Hongwen, Cheng Zhihui and He Danrao (P.R. China)
  4. The Relationship Between Low-temperature Germination and Chilling Tolerance in Cucumber
     Jianguo Li, Hongwen Cui and Meng Zhang (P.R. China)
  5. Ethylene Production and the Evaluation of Tolerance to Low-temperature in Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)
     Yu Shuancang and Cui Hongwen (P.R. China)
  6. Free Proline Contents and Catalase Activity in Cucumber Leaves at Elevated Temperatures
     Meng Zhang, Hongwen Cui and Sheng Zhao (P.R. China)
  7. Stand Correction Methods for Cucumber Fruit Yield
     Christopher S. Cramer and Todd C. Wehner (USA)
  8. Correlations among Yield Components in Exotic Cucumber Germplasm
     Jinsheng Liu (P.R. China) and Jack E. Staub (USA)
• Melon (Cucumis melo)
  9. Application of Inter-SSR markers in Melon (Cucumis melo L.)
     Y. Danin-Poleg, G. Tzuri, N. Reis and N. Katzir (Israel)
  10. A Source of a High Level of Tolerance to Squash Mosaic Virus in a Melon from China
      R. Provvidenti (USA)
• Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
  11. Identification and Distribution of Races of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum on Watermelon in Korea
      Young-Seok Kwon, Young-Hyun Om and Hoe-Tae Kim (Rep. of Korea)
  12. New Resistance to Race 2 of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum in Watermelon
      Fenny Dane, Leigh K. Hawkins, Joseph D. Norton (USA) and Young-Seok Kwon and Young-Hyun Om (Rep. of Korea)
• Squash and Pumpkin (Cucurbita spp.)
  13. Combining Ability in Summer Squash (Cucurbita pepo L.)
      F. Lopez Anido, I.T. Firpo, S.M. Garcia and E. Cointry (Argentina)
  14. Heterosis in Summer Squash (Cucurbita pepo L.)
      I.T. Firpo, F. Lopez Anido, S.M. Garcia and E. Cointry (Argentina)
  15. A Simple Protocol for Isolating DNA from Fresh Cucurbita Leaves
      Rebecca Nelson Brown, James E. Myers, Mark Hutton and Paul Miller (USA)
  16. Genetic Diversity in Pumpkins (Cucurbita pepo L.) as Revealed in Inbred Lines using RAPD Markers
      Maria Stachel, Gyula Csanadi, Johann Vollmann and Tamas Lelley (Austria)
  17. Some Observations Concerning Diversity in the Subspecies and Horticultural Groups of Cucurbita pepo L.
      Harry S. Paris (Israel)
  18. Adventitious Flower and Shoot Formation by Various Cucurbits In Vitro
      P.N. Hofmann, R.M. Skirvin (USA) and M. Ozgur (Turkey)
  19. Seed Fill Occurs in Stored Fruit of Cucurbita pepo L. Harvested Prematurely
      Kelly Vining and Brent Loy (USA)
  20. Seed Development and Seed Fill in Hull-less Seed Cultigens of Cucurbita pepo L.
      Kelly Vining and Brent Loy (USA)
  21. Effectiveness of the Informal Seed Sector for Increasing Yield in Pumpkins Developed under Low Input Conditions
      Humberto Rios Labrada, Yunaima Perera Ibarra and Antonio Fernandez Almirall (Cuba)
  22. Pumpkin Response under Different Environmental Conditions
      Humberto Rios Labrada (Cuba)
  23. Genotypes Selected by Farmers: An Interesting Option for Pumpkin Breeding
      Humberto Rios Labrada, Antonio Fernandez Almirall and Orland Batista de la Carrera (Cuba)
  24. Correlated Genetic Response in Pumpkin Genotypes Selected under Low Income Conditions
      Humberto Rios Labrada, Antonio Fernandez Almirall and Orland Batista de la Carrera (Cuba)
• Other Genera and Species
25. Evaluation of Two Benincasa hispida Genotypes for Fruit Yield, Vine Growth, Size, and Shape Characteristics
    Alejandro Ching (USA)
• Gene Lists and Germplasm
  26. 1998 Gene List for melon (Cucumis melo L.)
      Michel Pitrat (France)
  27. Gene Nomenclature for the Cucurbitaceae
• Appendices
  • CGC 1998 Membership Directory
  • CGC Members in the USA
  • International CGC Members
  • Covenant and By-Laws of the Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative
  • CGC Financial Statement (31 Dec 1997)