HORTSCIENCE, vol.29, no.10, pp.1189-1190, 1994 (SCI-Expanded)
Parthenogenetic haploid embryos of 'Crimson Sweet', 'Halep Karasil, 'Sugar Baby' and 'Panonia F1' watermelon [Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai] were obtained after pollination with gamma-irradiated (200 or 300 Gy) pollen. Some globular and heart-shaped embryos were observed in fruit harvested 2 to 5 weeks after pollination. The number of embryos per 100 seeds was highest for 'Halep Karasi'. After in vitro culture, 17 haploid plants were obtained and doubled haploid lines were generated after chromosome doubling using colchicine.