Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative

Report No. 24

July 2001

• Introduction
  • Comments from the CGC Coordinating Committee
  • Comments from the CGC Gene List Committee
  • Comments from the CGC Gene Curators
  • 2000 CGC Business Meeting
  • 2001 CGC Business Meeting
  • 2001 Meeting of the Watermelon Research & Development Group
  • CCGC Call for Germplasm Evaluation Proposals
  • 2nd International Symposium on Cucurbits (Japan)
  • Cucurbitaceae 2002 (Florida USA)
  • New Book - Watermelons: Characteristics, Production & Marketing
  • Availability of Conference Proceedings
  • Upcoming Meetings of Interest to Cucurbit Researchers
  • CGC Financial Statement (31 December 2000)
• Cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
  1. Determination of the Crossing Barriers in Hybridization of Cucumis sativus and Cucumis melo
     V. Ondrej, B. Navrátilová and A. Lebeda (Czech Republic)
  2. Cucumber Inbred Line USDA 6632E
     J.E. Staub and L.K. Crubaugh (USA)
  3. Multiple Shoot Induction from Shoot Tip Explants of Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)
     A. Vasudevan, N. Selvaraj, P. Suresh Kumar and A. Ganapathi (India)
  4. Stimulatory Effect of Different Cytokinins on Direct Plant Regeneration from Cotyledon Explants in Cucumis sativus L.
     M. Zhang, H. Cui, B. Wang and S. Jia (China)
  5. Meosphyll Protoplasts of Some Wild and Cultivated Cucumis spp.
     L. Rokytová, B. Navrátilová and A. Lebeda
  6. Gynogenesis in a Dihaploid Line of Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)
     V. Nikolova and M. Alexandrova (Bulgaria)
• Melon (Cucumis melo)
  7. Resistant Blister Reaction to Powdery Mildew in Melon PI 313970 and PI 124111
     J.D. McCreight (USA)
  8. Field Resistance to Melon Vine Decline in Wild Accessions of Cucumis spp. and in a Spanish Accession of Cucumis melo
     R. de C. S. Dias, B. Picó, A. M. Adalid, J. Herraiz, A. Espinós and F. Nuez (Spain)
  9. Fusarium Wilt Resistance in Eight Identified Multiple Disease Resistant Genotypes of Cucumis melo L.
     J. Jain and P. Sharma (India)
  10. Inheritance of RAPD Markers in Melon (Cucumis melo L.)
      J.E. Staub (USA)
  11. Frequency Differences of RAPD Markers in Market Classes of Melon (Cucumis melo L.)
      A. López-Sesé and J.E. Staub (USA)
  12. Frequency of RAPD Polymorphisms in Melon (Cucumis melo L.) Germplasm in Different Geographic Regions
      A. López-Sesé and J.E. Staub (USA)
• Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
  13. Powdery Mildew: An Emerging Disease of Watermelon in the United States
      A.R. Davis, B.D. Bruton, S.D. Pair and C.E. Thomas (USA)
  14. Use of an Insulin Syringe for Fusarium Wilt Inoculation of Watermelon Germplasm
      G.E. Boyhan, D.B. Langston, P.M. Lewis and M.O. Linton (USA)
  15. Characterization of a New Male Sterile Mutant in Watermelon
      D-H. Yang, K-Y. Paek, J-K Hwang and H-K. Park (Rep. Korea)
  16. Germination of Watermelon Seeds at Low Temperature
      S. Singh, P. Singh, D.C. Sanders and T.C. Wehner (India and USA)
  17. Vine Length of a Diverse Set of Watermelon Cultivars
      G.P. Neppl and T.C. Wehner (USA)
  18. Survey of Watermelon Trialing Methods Used by Breeders in the United States
      G.P. Neppl and T.C. Wehner (USA)
• Squash and Pumpkin (Cucurbita spp.)
  19. Variation among Tropical Pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata) Cultivars in Susceptibility to Silverleaf
      D.N. Maynard (USA)
  20. Aggressiveness of Powder Mildew Isolates on Cucurbita maxima
      E. Krístková and A. Lebeda (Czech Republic)
  21. Evaluation of the Cross Eskandarany x Whitaker for Powdery Mildew Resistance (PMR), Zucchini Yellow Mosaic Virus Resistance (ZYMR) and Some Yield Characters
      E.A. Ahmed, H.S. Ibn Oaf, A.E. El Jack and M.E. Abdelmohsin (Sudan)
  22. Same Gene for Bush Growth Habit in Cucurbita pepo spp. pepo as in C. pepo ssp. ovifera
      H.S. Paris and M. Edelstein (Israel)
  23. Relationship Between Fruit Shape and Seed Yield in Cucubita pepo
      H. Nerson and H.S. Paris (Israel)
  24. The Use and Development of Molecular Breeding Tools in Cucurbita: A Literature Review
      R.N. Brown (USA)
  25. RAPD Markers Linked to Morphological and Disease Resistance Traits in Squash
      R.N. Brown and J.R. Myers (USA)
  26. Genetic Variability in Pumpkin (Cucurbita maxima) Using RAPD Markers
      M. Ferriol, B. Picó and F. Nuez (Spain)
• Other Genera and Species
  27. Seed Treatment Effects on Emergence of Luffa Sponge Gourd
      I.J. Malik, T.L. Ellington, T.C. Wehner and D.C. Sanders (USA)
  28. Isolation and Callus Production from Cotyledon Protoplasts of Cucumis metuliferus
      W. H. McCarthy, T.C. Wehner, J. Xie and M.E. Daub (USA)
  29. Improving Culture Efficiency of Cucumis metuliferus Protoplasts
      W.H. McCarthy, T.C. Wehner, J. Xie and M.E. Daub (USA)
• Gene Lists and Germplasm
  30. Gene List 2001 for Cucumber
      Jiahua Xie and Todd C. Wehner (USA)
  31. Gene Nomenclature for the Cucurbitaceae
• Appendices
  • CGC 2001 Membership Directory
  • CGC Members in the USA
  • International CGC Members
  • Covenant and By-Laws of the Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative
  • Financial Statement