Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative

Report No. 23

July 2000

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
  • 1999 CGC Business Meeting
  • CGC Website Update
  • Cucurbitaceae 2000 - Short Report
  • Watermelon Research and Development Working Group
  • Cucurbit Crops Germplasm Committee Update
  • Upcoming Meetings of Interest to Cucurbit Researchers
• Cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
  1. A New Source of Resistance to Meloidogyne incognita (Kofoid & White) Chitwood Identified in Cucumis
     J-F. Chen and S. Lewis (USA)
  2. Method for the Development and Characterization of Microsatellite Markers in Cucumber
     G. Fazio and J.E. Staub (USA)
  3. Response to Phenotypic Selection for Multiple Lateral Branching in Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)
     G. Fazio and J.E. Staub (USA)
  4. Fruit Yield and Yield Component Correlations of Four Pickling Cucumber Populations
     C.S. Cramer and T.C. Wehner (USA)
  5. Testing Method and the Correlation Between Fruit Yield and Yield Components in Cucumber
     C.S. Cramer and T.C. Wehner (USA)
• Melon (Cucumis melo)
  6. Artificial Inoculation Methods for Screening Melons Against Melon Vine Decline
     A. Iglesias, B. Pico and F. Nuez (Spain)
  7. A Strategy for Selecting Cucumis melo L. Resistance Sources to Melon Vine Decline in Field Assays
     A. Iglesias, B. Pico and F. Nuez (Spain)
  8. Selection of Snake Melon Lines (Cucumis melo var. flexuosus) Resistant to Different Races of Powdery Mildew (Sphaerotheca fuliginea (Schlecht ex. Fr.) Pol. in Sudan
     E.A. Ahmed, H.S. Ibn Oaf, M.E. Suliman, A.E. El Jack and Y.F. Mohamed (Sudan)
  9. Variability Among Israeli Isolates of Sphaerotheca fuliginea: Virulence Races, DNA Polymorphism, and Fatty Acid Profiles
     N. Katzir, R. Cohen, R. Greenberg, S. Shraiber, G. Tzuri, I.S. Ben-Zeev and O. Yarden (Israel)
  10. Genetics of Resistance to Powdery Mildew and Aphids, and Screening of DNA Markers Linked to the Resistance Genes in Melon (Cucumis melo L.)
      T. Saito, M. Morishita and M. Hirai (Japan)
  11. Characterization of Identified Disease Resistant Lines in Melon, Cucumis melo L.
      J. Jain and V.K. Verma (India)
  12. Characterization of Local Varieties of Cucumis melo
      J.G. de A. Assis, A.L.P.C. de Oliveira, A.R. Lima, I.C. Crepaldi and J.R.F. de Santana (Brazil)
• Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
  13. Citrullus lanatus - a Potential Host of Powdery Mildew in the Czech Republic
      E. Kristkova and A. Lebeda (Czech Republic)
  14. In vitro Watermelon Genotype Screening by Adventitious Shoot Induction from Juvenile and Immature Cotyledons
      A. Sanchez-Donaire, J.M. Guerra-Sanz and C.L. Encina (Spain)
  15. Watermelon Cultivars in the United States in 2000
      D.N. Maynard (USA)
• Squash and Pumpkin (Cucurbita spp.)
  16. Evidence for the Center of Diversity of Cucurbita moschata in Colombia
      L. Wessel-Beaver (USA)
  17. Duchesne is the Botanical Authority for Cucurbita moschata and Cucurbita maxima
      H.S. Paris (Israel)
  18. Significance of Paintings (1769-1774) of Cucurbita pepo Fruits by A.N. Duchesne
      H.S. Paris (Israel)
  19. Cucurbita spp. and Lagenaria siceraria Collection at the Center for Conservation and Breeding of Agricultural Biodiversity (CCMAV), Polytechnical University of Valencia
      F. Nuez, P. Fernandez de Cordova, M. Ferriol, J.V. Valcarcel, B. Pico and M.J. Diez (Spain)
  20. Cucurbita argyrosperma Sets Fruits in Fields where C. moschata is the Only Pollen Source
      L. Wessel-Beaver (USA)
  21. Relationship between Fruit Size and Seed Size in Cucurbits
      H. Nerson and H.S. Paris (Israel)
  22. A Strain of Watermelon Mosaic Virus from Massachusetts Causes Prominent Symptoms on Squashes and Systemically Infects Cucurbita equadorensis and C. maxima PI 419801-1
      R. Provvidenti (USA)
  23. Searching for Molecular Markers Linked to ZYMV Resistance in Squash
      R.N. Brown and J.R. Myers
  24. Potential Usefulness of SSR Markers for Studying Infraspecific Variability in Cucurbita pepo
      N. Katzir, N. Mozes-Daube, Y. Danin-Poleg and H.S. Paris (Israel)
  25. Genetic Diversity Within and Between the Species Cucurbita pepo, C. moschata and C. maxima as revealed by RAPD Markers
      M. Baranek, G. Stift, J. Vollmann and T. Lelley (Austria)
• Other Genera and Species
  26. Genetic Variability in Bottlegourd, Lagernaria siceraria (Molina) Standley
      A. Mathew, B.L. Markose, S. Rajan and K.V. Peter (India)
  27. Bud Induction of Serpent Gourd (Trichosanthes anguina L.) In Vitro
      L. Zhang, Z. Cheng, H. Cui and W. Xue (China)
  28. Research and Application of Seed Coating Agent for Cucurbit Crops in China
      J. Zhao and Z. Cheng (China)
• Proceedings of the 1st International Oil Pumpkin Conference
  29. Preface
      P. Lichtenecker and T. Lelley
  30. An Overview of the Oil Pumpkin
      T.C. Andres (USA)
  31. Seed Development in Cucurbita pepo: An Overview with Emphasis on Hull-less Seeded Genotypes of Pumpkin
      J.B. Loy (USA)
  32. A Preliminary Survey of Oilseeds in the Cucurbitaceae
      T.C. Andres (USA)
  33. Some Comments Concerning the Origin and Taxonomy of Old World Pumpkins
      H.S. Paris (Israel)
  34. The Origin and Breeding of the Hull-less Seeded Styrian Oil-Pumpkin Varieties in Austria
      J. Winkler (Austria)
  35. Breeding, Production, and Utilization of Oil Pumpkin in Yugoslavia
      J. Berenji (Yugoslavia)
  36. Oil Seed Pumpkins - A New Experience for New Zealand
      J. Burgmans (New Zealand)
  37. Virus Infections Levels of Oil Seed Pumpkins in New Zealand
      J. Burgmans and J. Fletcher (New Zealand)
  38. Zucchini Yellow Mosaic Virus in Cucurbita pepo var. styriaca: Epidemiology, Strategies of Control
      M. Riedle-Bauer (Austria)
  39. Breeding for ZYMV Tolerance of Seed-Oil Pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo var. styriaca) in Austria using Molecular Markers
      T. Lelley and S. Henglmuller (Austria)
  40. Production of Cucurbit Seed Oil by Cold Pressing Process in the “Farmaol” Company
      S.B. Artyomenko and L.N. Chaban (Russia)
  41. The Health Value of Styrian Pumpkin-Seed Oil - Science and Fiction
      F.S. Wagner (Austria)
  42. “Styrian Pumpkin-Seed Oil g.g.A.” - Over One Million Control Numbers Have Been Assigned
      C. Konrad (Austria)
  43. Cucurbita pepo - History and Thin Coated Seeds
      H. Teppner (Austria)
  44. Styrian Pumpkin Oil: The Marketing Perspective
      J.P. Cook (USA)
  45. A Bibliography of the Oil Pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo)
      T.C. Andres (USA)
• Gene Lists and Germplasm
  46. Cucurbita Gene List Update - 2000
      R.W. Robinson (USA) and H.S. Paris (Israel)
  47. Gene Nomenclature for the Cucurbitaceae
• Appendices
  • CGC 2000 Membership Directory
  • CGC Members in the USA
  • International CGC Members
  • Covenant and By-Laws of the Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative
  • CGC Financial Statement (31 Dec 1999)