List price   € 87     This title is available in ActaHort CD-rom format only - not available in print format Convener   N. Katzir  Editors   N. Katzir, H.S. Paris  Publication date   1 March 2000  ISBN   978-90-66058-52-1  ISSN   0567-7572  Number of articles   77  Volumes   1  Place   Ma'ale Ha Hamisha, Israel  Online articles: FOREWORD (N. Katzir, M. Edelstein, R. Cohen, Z. Karchi, Harry S. Paris) DEVELOPMENT OF MELON CULTURE AND BREEDING IN ISRAEL (Z. Karchi) WHERE IS SWEDEN? THE INCREASE IN PRODUCTION OF CUCURBITA (SQUASH AND PUMPKINS) OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS (L. Lehmann) BREEDING FOR HIGH FRUIT YIELD IN CUCUMBER (N. V. Shetty, Todd C. Wehner) SOME COMMENTS ON INFRASPECIFIC CLASSIFICATION OF CULTIVARS OF MELON (M. Pitrat, P. Hanelt, K. Hammer) THE ORIGIN OF MELON, CUCUMIS MELO: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE (T. Kerje, M. Grum) F1 HYBRID PICKLING CUCUMBERS DEVELOPED FOR INCREASED YIELD, EARLINESS AND RESISTANCE TO DOWNY MILDEW (PSEUDOPERONOSPORA CUBENSIS) (Roch W. Doruchowski, E. Lakowska-Ryk) OUTCROSSING RATE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF A SEGREGATING POPULATION OF WATERMELON (M.A.J.d. Ferreira, R. Vencovsky, M.L.C. Vieira, M.A. de Queiróz) INDUCED RESISTANCE TO DOWNY MILDEW AND FUSARIUM WILT IN CUCURBITS (A. Ovadia, R. Biton, Y. Cohen) POWDERY MILDEW FIELD INFECTION ON LEAVES AND STEMS OF CUCURBITA PEPO ACCESSIONS (E. Kristková, A. Lebeda) VIRULENCE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TWO SPANISH ISOLATES OF SPHAEROTHECA FULIGINEA RACE 2 ON MELON (J.M. Alvarez, M.L. Gómez-Guillamón, N.A. Torés, I. Cánovas, E. Floris) HISTOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS OF POWDERY MILDEW RESISTANCE IN DIPLOID AND HAPLOID MELONS (M. Kuzuya, K. Hosoya, Y. Hayato Masuya, K. Tomita, H. Ezura) SCREENING FIELD RIESENSCHÄEL CUCUMBERS FOR RESISTANCE TO DOWNY MILDEW: MANAGEMENT OF INTERPLOT INTERFERENCE PROBLEMS (Gitte K. Bjoern, H. Kampmann) TWO RACES OF PSEUDOPERONOSPORA CUBENSIS ON CUCUMBERS IN BULGARIA (D. Angelov, P. Georgiev, L. Krasteva) CROSS-INFECTIVITY OF SPHAEROTHECA FULIGINEA TO WATERMELON, MELON, AND CUCUMBER (Y. Cohen, A. Baider, L. Petrov, L. Sheck, V. Voloisky) THE CUCURBIT LEGACY OF ANTOINE NICOLAS DUCHESNE (1747–1827) (Harry S. Paris) TROPICAL PUMPKIN HYBRID DEVELOPMENT: LANDRACES TO HYBRID CULTIVARS (R. Bruce Carle, Donald N. Maynard, L. Wessel-Beaver) INTERRELATIONS AMONG FRUIT AND SEED CHARACTERISTICS OF OIL PUMPKIN (J. Berenji, D. Papp) WATERMELON BREEDING IN BRAZIL (M. Queiroz, R. Dias, F. Souza, M. Ferreira, R. Borges) GENETIC ASSESSMENT OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL CUCUMBER COLLECTION (Jack E. Staub, V. Ivandic) BREEDING OF HULL-LESS SEEDED PUMPKINS (CUCURBITA PEPO) FOR THE USE OF THE OIL (J. Winkler) CANONICAL DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS OF NINE PICKLING CUCUMBER (CUCUMIS SATIVUS) ACCESSIONS (Z. Susic, D. Jelovac, L. Stankovic, J. Zdravkovic) SELECTING DOWNY MILDEW-RESISTANT SHORT-FRUITED CUCUMBERS (D. Angelov, L. Krasteva) CUCURBITACEAE WEB SITE (Thomas C. Andres) VARIOUS APPROACHES TOWARD CONTROLLING SUDDEN WILT OF MELONS IN ISRAEL (R. Cohen, S. Pivonia, Y. Burger, M. Edelstein, A. Gamliel, J. Katan) NARROW-SENSE HERITABILITY ESTIMATES FOR ROOT TRAITS AND MONOSPORASCUS CANNONBALLUS TOLERANCE IN MELON (CUCUMIS MELO) BY PARENT-OFFSPRING REGRESSION (K. Crosby) ARTIFICIAL INOCULATION METHODS AND SELECTION CRITERIA FOR BREEDING MELONS AGAINST VINE DECLINE (A. Iglesias, B. Picó, F. Nuez) COMPARISON OF LEAF-AREA INDEX WITH ROOT WEIGHT FOR ASSESSING PLANT DAMAGE BY SOIL-BORNE PATHOGENS (M. Biernacki, Benny D. Bruton) SCREENING MELONS FOR RESISTANCE TO GUMMY STEM BLIGHT (Y. Sakata, T. Wako, M. Sugiyama, M. Morishita) MUSKMELON GROWTH AND YIELD IN RESPONSE TO FUMIGATION (M.E. Miller, R.D. Martyn, B.D. Bruton) EPIPHYTIC MICROFLORA ON THE SEEDS OF MELONS AND WATERMELONS (K. Sapundzieva, I. Kuzmanova, L. Krasteva) SEARCHING FOR CUCURBITA GERMPLASM: COLLECTING MORE THAN SEEDS (Thomas C. Andres) SEGREGATION DISTORTION IN CUCURBITA PEPO (Harry S. Paris) RESISTANCE TO DOWNY MILDEW, PSEUDOPERONOSPORA CUBENSIS, IN CUCUMBERS (L. Petrov, K. Boogert, L. Sheck, A. Baider, E. Rubin, Y. Cohen) INVESTIGATIONS OF SEX EXPRESSION OF CUCUMIS SATIVUS BY GRAFTING AND COPPER APPLICATION (H. Mibus, I. Vural, T. Tatlioglu) INTERACTIONS BETWEEN MORPHOTYPES OF CUCURBITA PEPO AND OBLIGATE BIOTROPHS (PSEUDOPERONOSPORA CUBENSIS, ERYSIPHE CICHORACEARUM AND SPHAEROTHECA FULIGINEA) (A. Lebeda, E. Krístková) FRUIT SHAPE, SIZE AND SEED YIELD IN CUCURBITA PEPO (H. Nerson, Harry S. Paris, Effi P. Paris) DOES JEWISH LAW PERMIT GRAFTING MELON OR WATERMELON ON PUMPKIN? (M. Kislev) MOLECULAR AND PHENOTYPIC VARIATION IN MELON PI 313970 (James D. McCreight) MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND POWDERY MILDEW RESISTANCE OF CUCUMIS MELO LAND RACES IN GREECE (N. Fanourakis, Z. Tsekoura, E. Nanou) ORGANIZATION OF MELON PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES IN BULGARIA (L. Krasteva) WATERMELON GENETIC RESOURCES IN BULGARIA (L. Krasteva) CUCUMBER GENETIC RESOURCES OF LATVIAN ORIGIN (L. Lepse, M. Baumane, I. Rashal) COMBINING ABILITY TEST BETWEEN SOME LINES OF CUCUMIS SATIVUS L. (A. Balliu, M. Hallidri) ETHEPHON TREATMENT ON A MONOECIOUS CUCUMBER ACCESSION FOR HYBRID SEED PRODUCTION (A. Korzeniewska, T. Galecka, K. Niemirowicz-Szczytt) DOMINANT INHERITANCE OF DOWNY MILDEW RESISTANCE IN MELONS (D. Angelov, L. Krasteva) A LEAF-DISC BIOASSAY FOR SCREENING CUCUMBERS FOR RESISTANCE TO DOWNY MILDEW (Y. Cohen, L. Petrov, A. Baider) RESISTANCE OF CUCURBITA AND LAGENARIA TO THE CARMINE SPIDER MITE, TETRANYCHUS CINNABARINUS (ACARI: TETRANYCHIDAE) (M. Edelstein, Y. Tadmor, F. Mansour) INHERITANCE OF SILVERLEAF RESISTANCE IN CUCURBITA MOSCHATA (L. Wessel-Beaver) INSECT RESISTANCE IN CUCUMIS MELO ACCESSION 90625 (N. Boissot, C. Pavis, R. Guillaume, D. Lafortune, N. Sauvion) RESISTANCE TO APHIS GOSSYPII AND TO VIRUS TRANSMISSION BY THIS APHID IN MELON (C. Soria, J.A. Diaz, E. Moriones, M.L. Gómez-Guillamón) APHIS GOSSYPII RESISTANCE IN CUCUMIS MELO: THE GENETIC BASIS OF A PHLOEM-SPECIFIC DEFENSE (J. Klingler, I. Kovalski, L. Silberstein, R. Perl-Treves, Gary A. Thompson) THE DYNAMICS OF VIRUSES AFFECTING CUCURBITS IN ISRAEL: 40 YEARS SINCE 1960 (S. Cohen, R. Ben-Joseph) CUCURBIT-POTYVIRUS INTERACTIONS INFLUENCING VIRUS MOVEMENT AND ACCUMULATION (R. Grumet, Z. Ullah, A. Gal-On, B. Raccah) CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS MOVEMENT PROTEIN MODIFIES PLASMODESMAL FUNCTION IN TRANSGENIC MELON PLANTS (D. Shalitin, K. Shamay, S. Wolf) GENETIC ENGINEERING OF ATTENUATED VIRAL CDNA OF ZUCCHINI YELLOW MOSAIC VIRUS FOR PROTECTION OF CUCURBITS (A. Gal-On, P. Katsir, W. Yongzang) CROSS-PROTECTION OF CUCURBITACEAE FROM ZUCCHINI YELLOW MOSAIC POTYVIRUS (G. Yarden, R. Hemo, H. Livne, E. Maoz, E. Lev, H. Lecoq, B. Raccah) TOWARDS AN INTEGRATED LINKAGE MAP OF CUCUMBER: MAP MERGING (Jack E. Staub, Felix C. Serquen) CONSTRUCTION OF A REFERENCE GENETIC MAP OF MELON (C. Périn, L. Hagen, C. Dogimont, V. Conto, L. Lecomte, M. Pitrat) THE SPANISH MELON GENOME PROJECT: CONSTRUCTION OF A SATURATED GENETIC MAP (M. Oliver, J. Garcia-Mas, M. Morales, R. Dolcet-Sanjuan, M. Vicente, H. Gómez, H. Leeuwen, A. Monfort, P. Puigdomenech, P. Arús) PARTIAL CLONING OF P45 FROM RESISTANT MELON REVEALS HIGH HOMOLOGY WITH AMINOTRANSFERASES (D. Taler, D. Kenigsbuch, Y. Cohen) ESTIMATION OF GENETIC DIVERSITY AMONG CITRULLUS ACCESSIONS USING RAPD MARKERS (A. Levi, Claude E. Thomas, A. P. Keinath, Todd C. Wehner) IDENTIFICATION OF QTLS CONTRIBUTING TO RESISTANCE TO DIFFERENT STRAINS OF CUCUMBER MOSAIC CUCUMOVIRUS IN MELON (C. Dogimont, L. Leconte, C. Périn, A. Thabuis, H. Lecoq, M. Pitrat) SEARCH FOR MOLECULAR MARKERS ASSOCIATED WITH RESISTANCE TO VIRUSES IN MELON (Y. Danin-Poleg, G. Tzuri, N. Reis, Z. Karchi, N. Katzir) AGROBACTERIUM-MEDIATED TRANSFORMATION IN CUCUMIS SATIVUS VIA DIRECT ORGANOGENESIS (A. Ganapathi, R. Perl-Treves) EMBRYO CULTURES OF WILD AND CULTIVATED SPECIES OF THE GENUS CUCUMIS L. (V. Ondrej, B. Navrátilová, A. Lebeda) TOWARD THE DEVELOPMENT OF MOLECULAR MARKERS LINKED TO RACE 2 FUSARIUM WILT RESISTANCE IN MELON (CUCUMIS MELO L.) (T. Karsies, R. Dean, C. Thomas) POSSIBILITIES OF INDUCING POLYEMBRYONY IN CUCUMBER (CUCUMIS SATIVUS) (P. Nowaczyk, L. Nowaczyk) ISOLATION OF MESOPHYLL PROTOPLASTS OF CUCUMIS SPP. AND CUCURBITA SPP. (B. Navrátilová, L. Rokytová, A. Lebeda) FURTHER ISSR AND PRELIMINARY SSR ANALYSIS OF RELATIONSHIPS AMONG ACCESSIONS OF CUCURBITA PEPO (N. Katzir, Y. Tadmor, G. Tzuri, E. Leshzeshen, N. Mozes-Daube, Y. Danin-Poleg, H.S. Paris) LINKAGE GROUPS OF CUCUMIS MELO, INCLUDING RESISTANCE GENE HOMOLOGUES AND KNOWN GENES (Y. Brotman, L. Silberstein, I. Kovalski, J. Klingler, G. Thompson, N. Katzir, R. Perl-Treves) BIOCHEMISTRY OF SUGAR ACCUMULATION IN MELONS AS RELATED TO THE GENETIC IMPROVEMENT OF FRUIT QUALITY (Arthur A. Schaffer, Y. Burger, G. Zhang, G. Zhifang, D. Granot, M. Petreikov, L. Yeselson, S. Shen) AROMA FORMATION IN MUSKMELONS: VOLATILE ACETATES IN RIPENING FRUITS (M. Shalit, N. Katzir, O. Larkov, Y. Burger, F. Shalekhet, E. Lastochkin, U. Ravid, O. Amar, M. Edelstein, E. Lewinsohn) GENES INVOLVED IN ETHYLENE SYNTHESIS AND PERCEPTION IN CUCUMBER (T. Saraf-Levy, A. Kahana, N. Kessler, L. Silberstein, Y. Wang, A. Gal-On, R. Perl-Treves) THE ROLE OF ETHYLENE IN REGULATING CELL WALL-DEGRADING ENZYME ACTIVITY USING ANTISENSE ACC-OXIDASE IN CANTALOUPE MELONS (R. Botondi, M. Cardarelli, F. Mencarelli) THE CONTRIBUTION OF SUCROSE TO TOTAL SUGAR CONTENT IN MELONS (Y. Burger, S. Shen, M. Petreikov, Arthur A. Schaffer) SENSORY EVALUATION OF CHARENTAIS-TYPE MELONS: AN EXPLORATORY TOOL (C. Guérineau, E. Denis, D. Scandella, B. Navez, N. Lancelin) ETHYLENE-REGULATED GENES AND CLARIFICATION OF THE ROLE OF ETHYLENE IN THE REGULATION OF RIPENING AND QUALITY IN CANTALOUPE MELON FRUIT (J. Lelièvre, M. Amor, B. Flores, M. Gomez, F. El-Yahyaoui, C. Chatenet, C. Périn, Jose A. Hernandez, F. Romojaro, A. Latché, M. Bouzayen, M. Pitrat, C. Dogimont, J. Pech)