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Dr. Todd C. Wehner

Watermelon Breeding (by year, then author)

  1. Wehner, T. C., R. M. Cade and R. D. Locy. 1990. Cell, tissue, and organ culture techniques for genetic improvement of cucurbits. In: D. M. Bates, R. W. Robinson and C. Jeffrey (ed.) Biol. Util. Cucurbitaceae. Cornell Univ. Press, Ithaca, NY, p. 367-381.
  2. Averre, C. W. and T. C. Wehner. 1996. Field identification of selected cucurbit diseases with a hand lens (p. 76-78). In: T. A. Zitter, D. L. Hopkins and C. E. Thomas (eds.). Compendium of cucurbit diseases. APS Press, St. Paul, Minnesota, 90 p.
  3. Staub, J. E. and T. C. Wehner. 1996. Temperature stress (p. 66-67). In: T. A. Zitter, D. L. Hopkins and C. E. Thomas (eds.). Compendium of cucurbit diseases. APS Press, St. Paul, Minnesota, 90 p.
  4. Wehner, T. C. 1996. Bitter fruit (p. 65). In: T. A. Zitter, D. L. Hopkins and C. E. Thomas (eds.). Compendium of cucurbit diseases. APS Press, St. Paul, Minnesota, 90 p.
  5. Wehner, T. C. 1996. Pollination problems (p. 66). In: T. A. Zitter, D. L. Hopkins and C. E. Thomas (eds.). Compendium of cucurbit diseases. APS Press, St. Paul, Minnesota, 90 p.
  6. Henderson, W. R., G. H. Scott, and T. C. Wehner. 1998. Interaction of flesh color genes in watermelon. J. Hered. 89: 50-53.
  7. Shetty, N. V. and T. C. Wehner. 1999. Crop loss to eight diseases of watermelon in North Carolina. Cucurbit Genet. Coop. Rpt. 22: 47-49.
  8. Wehner, T. C. 1999. Heterosis in vegetable crops. In: J. G. Coors and S. Pandey (eds.) Genetics and exploitation of heterosis in crops, p. 387-397. Amer. Soc. Agron., Madison, Wisconsin.
  9. Levi, A., C. E. Thomas, A. P. Keinath, and T. C. Wehner. 2000. Estimation of genetic diversity among Citrullus accessions using RAPD markers. Proc. Cucurbitaceae 2000, p. 385-390 (eds. N. Katzir and H. S. Paris).
  10. Levi, A., C. E. Thomas, A. P. Keinath, and T. C. Wehner. 2001. Genetic diversity among watermelon (Citrullus lanatus and Citrullus colocynthis) accessions. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 48:559-566.
  11. Levi, A., C. E. Thomas, T. C. Wehner, and X. Zhang. 2001. Low genetic diversity indicates the need to broaden the genetic base of cultivated watermelon. HortScience 36: 1096-1101.
  12. Levi, A., C. E. Thomas, X. Zhang, T. Joobeur, R. A. Dean, T. C. Wehner, and B. R. Carle. 2001. A genetic linkage map for watermelon based on randomly amplified polymorphic DNA markers. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 126: 730-737.
  13. Neppl, G. P. and T. C. Wehner. 2001. Vine length of a diverse set of watermelon cultivars. Cucurbit Genet. Coop. Rpt. 24: 65-67.
  14. Neppl, G. P. and T. C. Wehner. 2001. Survey of watermelon trialing methods used by breeders in the United States. Cucurbit Genet. Coop. Rpt. 24: 68-70.
  15. Singh, S., P. Singh, D. C. Sanders, and T. C. Wehner. 2001. Germination of watermelon seeds at low temperature. Cucurbit Genet. Coop. Rpt. 24: 59-64.
  16. Wehner, T.C., N.V. Shetty, and G.W. Elmstrom. 2001. Breeding and seed production, p. 27-73 In: D.N. Maynard (ed.). Watermelons: Characteristics, production, and marketing. ASHS Press, Alexandria, Va.
  17. Guner, N., E. B. Strange, T. C. Wehner and Z. PesicVan-Esbroeck. 2002. Methods for screening watermelon for resistance to papaya ringspot virus type-W. Scientia Hort. 94: 297-307.
  18. Guner, N., E. B. Strange, T. C. Wehner, and Z. Pesic-VanEsbroeck. 2002. Papaya ringspot virus type-w resistance in watermelon. Proc. Cucurbitaceae 2002, p. 238-246 (ed. D. N. Maynard). ASHS Press, Alexandria, Virginia.
  19. Gusmini, G. and T. C. Wehner. 2002. Correlation of ratings for resistance to gummy stem blight in watermelon. Proc. Cucurbitaceae 2002, p. 199-205 (ed. D. N. Maynard). ASHS Press, Alexandria, Virginia.
  20. Gusmini, G. and T. C. Wehner. 2002. Disease assessment scales for seedling screening and detached leaf assay for gummy stem blight in watermelon. Cucurbit Genet. Coop. Rpt. 25: 36-40.
  21. Levi, A., J. Thies, A. Simmons, C. E. Thomas, T. Wehner, T. Joubeur, X. Zhang, O. Umesh, K. Reddy, A. Davis, and M. Hopkins. 2002. Construction of a reference genetic linkage map for watermelon. Proc. Cucurbitaceae 2002, p. 28-35 (ed. D. N. Maynard). ASHS Press, Alexandria, Virginia.
  22. Strange, E. B., N. Guner, Z. Pesic-VanEsbroeck, and T. C. Wehner. 2002. Screening the watermelon germplasm collection for resistance to papaya ringspot virus type-W. Crop Sci. 42: 1324-1330.
  23. Cramer, C. S., T. C. Wehner, and S. B. Donaghy. 2003. PATHSAS: Path coefficient analysis of quantitative traits. In (M. S. Kang, ed.) Handbook of formulas and software for plant geneticists and breeders. Haworth Reference Press, Binghamton, NY, pp. 89-96.
  24. Guner, N. and T. C. Wehner. 2003. The genes of watermelon. Cucurbit Genet. Coop. Rpt. 26: 76-92.
  25. Gusmini, G., T. L. Ellington, and T. C. Wehner. 2003. Mass production of gummy stem blight spores for resistance screening. Cucurbit Genet. Coop. Rpt. 26:26-30.
  26. Gusmini, G. and T. C. Wehner. 2003. Polygenic inheritance of some vine traits in two segregating watermelon families. Cucurbit Genet. Coop. Rpt. 26:32-35.
  27. Liu, J., T. C. Wehner, and S. B. Donaghy. 2003. Gene segregation and linkage analysis. In (M. S. Kang, ed.) Handbook of formulas and software for plant geneticists and breeders. Haworth Reference Press, Binghamton, NY, pp. 231-253.
  28. Neppl, G. P., T. C. Wehner, and J. R. Schultheis. 2003. Interaction of border and center rows of multiple row plots in watermelon yield trials. Euphytica 131: 225-234.
  29. Wehner, T. 2003. Watermelon. World Book Encyclopedia, Chicago, Illinois, p. 146.
  30. Wehner, T. C. and D.N. Maynard. 2003. Cucumbers, melons, and other cucurbits. In: S.H. Katz (editor) Encyclopedia of Food and Culture. Scribner & Sons, New York, 2014 p.
  31. Wehner, T. C. and D.N. Maynard. 2003. Cucurbitaceae (vine crops). In: Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. Nature Publishing.
  32. Guner, N. and T. C. Wehner. 2004. The genes of watermelon. HortScience 39: 1175-1182.
  33. Gusmini, G., J. R. Schultheis, and T. C. Wehner. 2004. Rind thickness of watermelon cultivars for use in pickle production. HortTechnology 14: 540-545.
  34. Gusmini, G., T. C. Wehner, and R. L. Jarret. 2004. Inheritance of egusi seed type in watermelon. J. Hered. 95: 268-270.
  35. Xu, Y., D. Kang, Z. Shi, H. Shen, and T. Wehner. 2004. Inheritance of resistance to zucchini yellow mosaic virus and watermelon mosaic virus in watermelon. J. Hered. 95: 498-502.
  36. Gusmini, G. and T. C. Wehner. 2005. Foundations of yield improvement in watermelon. Crop Sci. 45: 141-146.
  37. Gusmini, G., R. Song, and T. C. Wehner.  2005.  New sources of resistance to gummy stem blight in watermelon.  Crop Sci. 45: 582-588.
  38. Gusmini, G. and T. C. Wehner.  2005.  Genes determining rind pattern inheritance in watermelon: a review.  HortScience 40: 1928-1930.
  39. Davis, A. R., A. Levi., T. Wehner, and M. Pitrat.  2006.  PI 525088-PMR, a melon race 1 powdery mildew-resistant watermelon line.  HortScience 41: 1527-1528.
  40. Gusmini, G. and T. C. Wehner.  2006.  Qualitative inheritance of rind pattern and flesh color in watermelon.  J. Hered. 97: 177-185.
  41. Joobeur, T., G. Gusmini, X. Zhang, A. Levi, Y. Xu, T. C. Wehner, M. Oliver, and R. A. Dean.  2006.  Construction of a watermelon BAC library and identification of SSRs anchored to melon or Arabidopsis genomes.  Theor. Appl. Genet. 112: 1553-1562.
  42. Davis, A. R., A. Levi, A. Tetteh, T. Wehner, V. Russo and M. Pitrat.  2007.  Evaluation of watermelon and related species for resistance to race 1W powdery mildew.  J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci 132: 790-795.
  43. Gusmini, G. and T. C. Wehner.  2007.  Heritability and genetic variance estimates for fruit weight in watermelon.  HortScience 42: 1332-1336.
  44. Gusmini, G. and T. C. Wehner.  2008.  Fifty-five years of yield improvement for cucumber, melon, and watermelon in the United States.  HortTechnology 18:9-12.
  45. Wehner, T. C. 2008. Watermelon (p. 381-418). In: J. Prohens and F. Nuez (eds.). Handbook of Plant Breeding; Vegetables I: Asteraceae, Brassicaceae, Chenopodiaceae, and Cucurbitaceae. Springer Science+Business LLC, New York, NY, 426 p.

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