Efficient production of doubled haploid melon plants by modified colchicine treatment of parthenogenetic haploids

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 588, Issue , 2002, Pages 335-338

  Yashiro, K ^a   Hosoya, K ^a,b   Kuzuya, M ^a   Tomita, K ^a   Ezura, H ^c  

^a Ibaraki Agricultural Centre   (Japan)

^b PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cucumis melo; In vitro; Irradiated pollen; Pure line; X ray

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242476320     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2002.588.54     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (7)

1. Cuny, F., Dumas de Vaulx, R., Longhi, B. and Siadous, R. 1992. Analysis of muskmelon plants (Cucumis melo L.) obtained after pollination with gamma-irradiated pollen: effect of different doses. Agronomie 12: 623-630.
2. Ezura, H. 1999. How biotechnology can contribute to conventional breeding in melon. Proc. 1st Int. Symp. on Cucurbits Eds. K. Abak & S. Büyükalaca Acta Hort. 492, ISHS : 135-147.
3. Ficcadenti, N., Veronese, P., Sestili, S., Crino, P., Lucretti, S., Schiavi, M. and Saccardo, F. 1995. Influence of genotype on the induction of haploidy in Cucumis melo L. by using irradiated pollen. J. Genet. Breed. 49: 359-364.
4. Hayata, Y., Niimi, Y., Inoue, K. and Kondo, S. 2000. CPPU and BA, with and without pollination, affect set, growth, and quality of muskmelon fruit. HortScience 35: 868-870.
5. Przyborowski, J. and Niemirowicz-Szczytt, K. 1994. Main factors affecting Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) haploid embryo development and haploid plant characteristics. Plant Breed. 112: 70-75.
6. Sauton, A and Dumas de Vaulx, R. 1987. Production of haploid plants in melon (Cucumis melo L.) as a result of gynogenesis induced by irradiated pollen. Agronomie 7: 141-147.
7. Sauton, A. 1988. Effect of season and genotype on gynogenetic haploid production in musk melon, Cucumis melo L. Sci. Horti. 35: 71-75.