Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative

Report No. 25

July 2002

• Introduction
  • Comments from the CGC Coordinating Committee
  • Comments from the CGC Gene List Committee
  • Comments from the CGC Gene Curators
  • CGC News
  • 2002 CGC Meeting (Toronto, Canada)
  • 2002 CGC Business Meeting (Naples, FL USA)
  • 2nd International Symposium on Cucurbits (Tsukuba, Japan - 2001)
  • 2002 Meeting of the Watermelon Research and Development Working Group
  • U.S. Citrullus Collection Report
  • CCGC Germplasm Evaluation Proposals - FY2004
  • CCGC Plant Exploration and Exchange Proposals - FY2004
  • Cucurbitaceae 2002 (Florida USA)
  • New Books
  • Availability of Conference Proceedings
  • Upcoming Meetings of Interest to Cucurbit Researchers
  • In Memoriam
• Cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
  1. Cucumber Recombinant Inbred Lines
     J.E. Staub, L.K. Crubaugh and G. Fazio (USA)
  2. Selection for Early Flowering, Branching and Gynoecy in Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)
     A.I. López-Sesé and J.E. Staub (USA)
  3. Species and Races Composition of Powdery Mildew on Cucurbits in Bulgaria
     N. Velkov and S. Masheva (Bulgaria)
  4. Application of Induced Resistance in Cucumber Disease Control
     Q. Ma and H. Cui (China)
  5. Agrobacterium Mediated Transformation in Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)
     A. Vasudevan, A. Ganapathi, N. Selvaraj, M. Muruganantham and G. Vengadesan (India)
• Melon (Cucumis melo)
  6. Inheritance of Resistance to Fusarium Wilt in Local Germplasm of Cucumis melo subsp. melo conv. adzhur
     O. Longo, A. Ambrico, D. Schiavone and F. Ciccarese (Italy)
  7. Powdery Mildew Race 1 in Imperial Valley, California
     J.D. McCreight (USA)
  8. Adenine Sulphate and L-Glutamine Enhance Multiple Shoot Induction from Cotyledon Explants of Melon (Cucumis melo L. cv. Swarna)
     M. Muruganantham, A. Ganapathi, N. Selvaraj, R. Prem Anand, A.Vasudevan, and G.Vengadesan (India)
• Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
  9. Characteristics of Planting and Cultivar Selection in Oklahoma Watermelon Production
     W. Lu, M. Biernacki, J. Duthie, W. Roberts, M. Taylor, and J.V. Edelson (USA)
  10. Watermelon Production of Gansu Province in China
      W. Cheng, H. Cui and W. Su (China)
  11. Analysis of Sugar Content of Watermelon (Citrullus lunatus (Thunb.) Mansf.)
      W. Cheng, H. Cui and B. Zhang (China)
  12. Sweetness in Diploid and Triploid Watermelon Fruit
      D.N. Maynard, A.M. Dunlap and B.J. Sidoti (USA)
  13. Disease Assessment Scales for Seedling Screening and Detached Leaf Assay for Gummy Stem Blight in Watermelon
      G. Gusmini, T.C. Wehner and G.J. Holmes (USA)
• Squash and Pumpkin (Cucurbita spp.)
  14. A Postscript to Duchesne's Cucurbit Legacy
      H.S. Paris (Israel)
  15. No Segregation Distortion in Intersubspecific Crosses in Cucurbita pepo
      H.S. Paris (Israel)
  16. Inheritance of Gray Leaf Color in a Material Derived from a Cucurbita maxima Duch. x C. moschata Duch. Hybrid
      F. López-Anido, E. Cointry, I. Firpo, S.M. García, and S. Gattuso (Argentina)
  17. Resistance to Silverleaf Disorder is Controlled by a Single Recessive Gene in Cucurbita moschata Duchesne
      M. González-Román and L. Wessel-Beaver (USA)
  18. Chemical Control of Sex Expression in Summer Squash (Cucurbita pepo L.)
      Y. Cheng, B. Zhang, E. Zhang and Z. Zhao (China)
  19. Affinity of Sexual Hybridization between Cucurbita maxima D. and Cucurbita moschata D.
      Y. Cheng, B. Zhang, E. Zhang and Z. Zhao (China)
  20. Germplasm Innovation by Interspecific Crosses in Pumpkin
      Y. Cheng, B. Zhang, E. Zhang and Z. Zhao (China)
  21. Aggressiveness Variation in Czech Isolates of Erysiphe cichoracearum Pathotype AB1B2CCm
      E. Krístková and V. Vinter (Czech Republic)
  22. Resistance of Cucurbits to the Powdery Mildew, Sphaerotheca fuliginea (Schlecht.) Poll.
      Q. Ma, H. Cui, L. Qiang and H. Sun (China)
• Other Genera and Species
  23. Developing Bitter Gourd (Momordica charantia L.) Populations with a Very High Proportion of Pistillate Flowers
      D. Ram, S. Kumar, M.K. Banerjee, B. Singh and S. Singh (India)
  24. A Micropropagation Protocol for Ecballium elaterium (L.) A. Rich.
      E. Attard and H. Attard (Malta)
  25. Rapid Detection of Cucurbitacins in Tissues and in vitro Cultures of Ecballium elaterium (L.) A. Rich.
      E. Attard (Malta)
• Gene Lists and Germplasm
  26. 2002 Gene List for Melon
      Michel Pitrat (France)
  27. Gene Nomenclature for the Cucurbitaceae
• Appendices
  • CGC 2002 Membership Directory
  • CGC Members in the USA
  • International CGC Members
  • Covenant and By-Laws of the Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative
  • Financial Statement