Listing of Useful Plants of the World
[formerly Listing of Potential New Crops for Australia]


NOTICE: Information on the background to this Listing is available. The analysis of numbers of papers/mentions over time was completed in 1997, using the Agricola database (1970-1996). Hard copies of the Listing (553 pages; over 4200 new crops listed with the analyses of numbers of papers over time included) are available from the publisher, Dr Rob Fletcher; see Advice on Publications Available.

The references listed below are from the Biological Abstracts database (1988-2000) and are courtesy of SilverPlatter Information. For more information re Silverplatter, go to www.silverplatter.com.


Solanum muricatum
syn Solanum variegatum

Analysis of numbers of papers/mentions over time (Agricola database 1970-1996):

 

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Source: AGRICOLA database (1970-1996)

Common Name(s): pepino syn melon pear syn pera melon syn cachum syn pepino dulce syn kachun syn poire-melon
Crop Use(s): fruit
Reference Source(s): kochhar, rehm, brucher, douglas, sturtevant
Number of Papers/Mentions: 28

References (Biological Abstracts 1988-2000):

[These references are from the Biological Abstracts database and are courtesy of SilverPlatter Information. For more information re SilverPlatter, go to www.silverplatter.com. References are listed alphabetically by author within years, with most recent references first; addresses of author(s) have been included when available. To search within this page, we suggest using Find in Page, within the Edit menu of the Web Browser.]

Gonzalez, M., M. Camara, et al. (2000). Colour and composition of improved pepino cultivars at three ripening stages. Gartenbauwissenschaft . [print] Marz April 65(2): 83-87. {a} Departamento de Biotecnologia, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Camino de Vera 14, E 46022, Valencia, Spain

Lopez, S., J. V. Maroto, et al. (2000). Qualitative changes in pepino fruits following preharvest applications of ethephon. Scientia Horticulturae Amsterdam. Feb. 83(2): 157-164. {a} Departamento de Produccion Vegetal, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, ETSIA Camino de Vera, 14, 46020, Valencia, Spain

Ruiz, J. J. and F. Nuez (2000). High temperatures and parthenocarpic fruit set: Misunderstandings about the pepino breeding system. Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology. March 75(2): 161-166. {a} Departamento de Biotecnologia, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Camino Vera 14, 46020, Valencia, Spain

Chen, K., G. Hu, et al. (1999). Effects of NaCl salinity and CO2 enrichment on pepino (Solanum muricatum Ait.): II. Leaf photosynthetic properties and gas exchange. Scientia Horticulturae Amsterdam 81(1): 43-56. {a} Takasaki Radiation Chemistry Research Establishment, Environmental Conservation Technology Laboratory, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Watanuki-machi, Takasaki, Gunma-ken, 370-12, Japan

Chen, K., G. Hu, et al. (1999). Effects of NaCl salinity and CO2 enrichment on pepino (Solanum muricatum Ait.): I. Growth and yield. Scientia Horticulturae Amsterdam 81(1): 25-41. {a} Takasaki Radiation Chemistry Research Establishment, Environmental Conservation Technology Laboratory, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Watanuki-machi, Takasaki, Gunma-ken, 370-12, Japan

Pino, J. A. (1999). Volatile compounds in tropical fruit: 6. Fruit of the genus Solanum. Alimentaria . April 36(301): 123-126. {a} Ctra. del Guatao, Instituto de Investigaciones para la Industria Alimentaria, km 3,500, C. Habana, 19200, Cuba

Prohens, J. and F. Nuez (1999). Strategies for breeding a new greenhouse crop, the pepino (Solanum muricatum Aiton). Canadian Journal of Plant Science. April 79(2): 269-275. {a} Departamento de Biotecnologia, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Camino de Vera 14, 46022, Valencia, Spain

Prohens, J., J. J. Ruiz, et al. (1999). Yield, earliness and fruit quality of pepino clones and their hybrids in the autumn-winter cycle. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 79(2): 340-346. {a} Dep. Biotecnol. Univ. Politecnica Valencia, Camino de Vera 14, 46020 Valencia, Spain

Prohens, J., S. Soler, et al. (1999). The effects of thermotherapy and sodium hypochlorite treatments on pepino seed germination, a crucial step in breeding programmes. Annals of Applied Biology. June 134(3): 299-305. {a} Departamento de Biotecnologia, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Camino de Vera 14, 46022, Valencia, Spain

Ren, W. and D. G. Tang (1999). Extract of Solanum muricatum (Pepino/CSG) inhibits tumor growth by inducing apoptosis. Anticancer Research. Jan. Feb. 19(1a): 403-408. {a} 325 Giles Blvd., W. Suite 806, Windsor, ON, N9A 6H7, Canada

Singh, R. P., X. Nie, et al. (1999). Tomato chlorotic dwarf viroid: An evolutionary link in the origin of pospiviroids. Journal of General Virology. Nov. 80(11): 2823-2828. {a} Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Potato Research Centre, Fredericton, New Brunswick, E3B 4Z7, Canada

Stiefkens, L., G. Bernardello, et al. (1999). Karyotypic studies in artificial hybrids of Solanum sections Anarrhichomenum and Basarthrum (Solanaceae). Australian Journal of Botany 47(1): 147-155. {a} Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biologia Vegetal, C.C. 495, 5000, Cordoba, Argentina

Prohens, J., J. J. Ruiz, et al. (1998). The inheritance of parthenocarpy and associated traits in Pepino. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 1223(3): 376-380. {a} Dep. Biotecnol., Univ. Politecnica Valencia, Camino de Vera 14, 46020 Valencia, Spain

Prohens, J., S. Soler, et al. (1998). Tomato mosaic tobamovirus, causal agent of a severe disease of pepino (Solanum muricatum). Plant Disease 82(11): 1281. {a} Departamento de Biotecnologia, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Camino de Vera 14, 46020 Valencia, Spain

Abad, Z. G. and J. A. Abad (1997). Another look at the origin of late blight of potatoes, tomatoes, and pear melon in the Andes of South America. Plant Disease 81(6): 682-688. {a} Dep. Plant Pathol., North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC 27695-7616, USA

Heyes, J. A., D. F. Sealey, et al. (1997). Plasma membrane ATPase activity during pepino (Solanum muricatum) ripening. Physiologia Plantarum 101(3): 570-576. {a} N.Z. Inst. Crop Fppd Res. Ltd., Levin Res. Cent., Private Bag 4005, New Zealand

Maroto, J. V., G. S. Lopez, et al. (1997). Procarpil enhances earliness and parthenocarpy of pepino (Solanum muricatum Ait.). Hortscience 32(1): 133. Dep. Prod. Veg., ETSIA, Univ. Politecnica Valencia, Camino de Vera 14, 46020 Valencia, Spain

O, D. E. M., S. D. Somerfield, et al. (1997). Developmental and ripening-related effects on the cell wall of pepino (Solanum muricatum) fruit. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 73(4): 455-463. {a} Crop Food Res. Ltd., Private Bag 4005, Levin, New Zealand

Ruiz, J. J. and F. Nuez (1997). The pepino (Solanum muricatum Ait.): An alternative crop for areas affected by moderate salinity. Hortscience 32(4): 649-652. Dep. Biotecnologia, Univ. Politecnica Valencia, 46022 Valencia, Spain

Ruiz, J. J., J. Prohens, et al. (1997). 'Sweet round' and 'Sweet long': Two pepino cultivars for Mediterranean climates. Hortscience 32(4): 751-752. Dep. Biotecnologia, Univ. Politecnica de Valencia, Camino de Vera 14, 46022 Valencia, Spain

Shamloul, A. M., A. Hadidi, et al. (1997). Sensitive detection of potato spindle tuber viroid using RT-PCR and identification of a viroid variant naturally infecting pepino plants. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology 19(1): 89-96. {a} Natl. Germplasm Resources Lab., Agricultural Res. Serv., USDA, Build. 011A, Room 106, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA

Ercan, N. and M. Akilli (1996). Reasons for parthenocarpy and the effects of various hormone treatments on fruit set in pepino (Solanum muricatum Ait.). Scientia Horticulturae Amsterdam 66(3-4): 141-147. {a} Dep. Hortic., Fac. Agric., Univ. Akdeniz, Antalya, Turkey

Gregory, A. J., R. K. Jansen, et al. (1996). The origin and relationships of the pepino, Solanum muricatum (Solanaceae): DNA restriction fragment evidence. Economic Botany 50(4): 369-380. {a} Ecol. Evol. Biol. U-43, Univ. Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-3043, USA

Prohens, J., J. J. Ruiz, et al. (1996). The Pepino (Solanum muricatum, Solanaceae): A "New" crop with a history. Economic Botany 50(4): 355-368. Dep. Biotecnol., Univ. Politecnica Valencia, 46022 Valencia, Spain

Dubravec, K. (1994). Solanum muricatum Ait. (Solanaceae) a new adventive species in the flora of Croatia. Poljoprivredna Znanstvena Smotra 59(2-3): 279-282. Agron. Fak. Sveucilista u Zagrebu, Svetosimunska 25, 41000 Zagreb, Croatia

Gallo, D. P., C. H. Vargas, et al. (1994). Detection of Ceroplastes cirripediformis Comstock (Homoptera: Coccidae) on Solanum muricatum Ait. and Passiflora edulis, var. flavicarpa Degener in the Azapa Valley. Idesia 13: 69-71. {a} Inst. Agron., Univ. Univ. Tarapaca, Casilla 6-D, Arica, Chile

Heyes, J. A., F. H. Blaikie, et al. (1994). Textural and physiological changes during pepino (Solanum muricatum Ait.) ripening. Scientia Horticulturae Amsterdam 58(1-2): 1-15. {a} NZ Inst. Crop Food Res., Levin Res. Centre, Private Bag 4005, Levin, New Zealand

Zhang, L. Y., R. Z. Chen, et al. (1994). High frequency callus formation and plant regeneration from leaf protoplasts of pepino (Solanum muricatum L.). Acta Botanica Sinica 36(Suppl.): 207-210. S. China Inst. Bot., Acad. Sinica, Guangzhou 510650, China

Pluda, D., H. D. Rabinowitch, et al. (1993). Fruit set and yield of pepino dulce response to nitrate-nitrogen and salinity levels and thinning of side branches and trusses. Journal of Plant Nutrition 16(11): 2121-2133. {a} Migal Galiler Technol. Cent., Kiryat Shmona, Israel

Pluda, D., H. D. Rabinowitch, et al. (1993). Pepino dulce (Solanum muricatum Ait.) quality characteristics respond to nitrogen nutrition and salinity. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 118(1): 86-91. Fac. Agric., Hebrew Univ. Jerusalem, Rehovot 76100, Israel

Murray, B. G., K. R. W. Hammett, et al. (1992). Seed set and breeding system in the pepino Solanum muricatum Ait., Solanaceae. Scientia Horticulturae 49(1-2): 83-92.

Atkinson, R. G. and R. C. Gardner (1991). Agrobacterium mediated transformation of pepino and regeneration of transgenic plants. Plant Cell Reports 10(4): 208-212.

Sakomoto, K. and T. Taguchi (1991). Regeneration of intergeneric somatic hybrid plants between Lycopersicon esculentum and Solanum muricatum. Theoretical And Applied Genetics 81(4): 509-513.

Bernardello, L. M. and G. J. Anderson (1990). Karyotypic studies in Solanum section Basarthrum (Solanaceae). American Journal Of Botany 77(3): 420-431.

Gould, K. S., K. R. Hammett, et al. (1990). Mechanism of bruise resistance in pepino (Solanum muricatum) fruit. Annals Of Botany 66(2): 155-162.

Joo, M. K., C. S. Kim, et al. (1990). Effect of transplanting time, fruit set and thinning method on the growth and yield in pepino (Solanum muricatum Ait.). Journal Of The Korean Society For Horticultural Science 31(2): 121-124.

Standring, L. S., G. J. Pringle, et al. (1990). The control of chloroplast number in Solanum muricatum Ait. and Cyphomandra betacea (Cav.) Sendt. and its value as an indicator of polyploidy. Euphytica 47(1): 71-78.

Burge, G. K. (1989). Fruit set in the pepino (Solanum muricatum Ait.). Scientia Horticulturae 41(1-2): 63-68.

Ramanjini, G. P. H. and K. T. Shivashankara (1989). Solanum muricatum L.: A new introduction from West Germany. Crop Research 2(1): 59-60.

Schaffer, A. A., I. Rylski, et al. (1989). Carbohydrate content and sucrose metabolism in developing Solanum muricatum fruits. Phytochemistry 28(3): 737-740.

El, Z. B. M., L. Brohier, et al. (1988). Some maturity indices for tamarillo and pepino fruits. Journal Of Horticultural Science 63(1): 163-170.

Grigg, F. D. W., P. R. Smith, et al. (1988). Variable pollen fertility and abnormal chromosome behavior in the pepino (Solanum muricatum Ait., Solanaceae). Scientia Horticulturae 35(3-4): 259-268.

Anderson, G. J., T. P. Seinharter, et al. (1987). Foliar flavonoids and the systematics of Solanum section Basarthrum. Systematic Botany 12(4): 534-540.

Osmelak, J. A. (1987). The tomato stemborer Symmetrischema plaesiosema (Turner), and the potato moth Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller), as stem borers of pepino: First Australian record. Plant Protection Quarterly 2(1): 44.

Frias, L. D. (1986). Population biology of Rhagoletis nova (Diptera, Tephritidae). Revista Chilena De Entomologia 13: 75-84.

Honda, Y., K. Hanada, et al. (1986). Alfalfa mosaic virus and cucumber mosaic virus isolated from pepino (Solanum muricatum). Annals Of The Phytopathological Society Of Japan 52(5): 870-873.

Macrae, E. A., A. K. Haracre, et al. (1986). Comparison of chlorophyll fluorescence with several other techniques used to assess chilling sensitivity in plants. Physiologia Plantarum 67(4): 659-665.

Redgwell, R. J. and N. A. Turner (1217). Pepino (Solanum muricatum): Chemical composition of ripe fruit. Journal Of The Science Of Food And Agriculture 37(12): 1217-1222.


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