Breeding Melon for Disease Resistance

Cucumis melo Melon Breeding and Genetics Fusarium wilt Powdery Mildew Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) Cucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus (CYSDV) Melon Breeding and Genetics The center of origin of melon remains unsettled among the melon genetic and breeding community. Taxonomists regarded Asia as the center of origin and domestication for melon based on the rich […]

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2016 XXV International Congress of Entomology

Presentation by Jim McCreight, W.M. Wintermantel, and E.T. Natwick: Expression of Host Plant Resistance in Melon to Sweetpotato Whitefly in the Desert Southwest United States. DOI: 10.1603/ICE.2016.115559, XXV International Congress of Entomology, Orlando, FL, Sep. 2016.

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Cucurbit2016 / Instytut ogrodnictwa

The XIth Eucarpia Meeting on Genetics and Breeding of Cucurbitaceae 2016 The EUCARPIA Cucurbitaceae meeting is organized every four years in Europe, but interlaced every two years with Cucurbitaceae conference held in the USA. It aims to bring together researchers and breeders involved in genetics and improvement of Cucurbitaceae crops to share advancements in a […]

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