Cucumis melo, L. is considered as a subtropical fruit, belongs to the family of Cucurbitaceae .Melon is one of the important vegetable crops in Egypt and in the world. Fresh ripe fruit is consumed individually or in fruit salad as a dessert. In the recent decades, there is an increase in the cultivated areas of melon followed by the rate of exportation, it was 53036 fed in 1999, 60941 fed in 2001 and become 100167 fed in 2007.The aim of this investigation was to increase the homogeneity of the two studied local melon cultivars, by selfing and selecting the best genotypes for two successive...

Potatoes (Solanum tuberosum L.) are a versatile, carboahydrate-rich food, highly popular worldwide, and prepared and served in a variety of ways. Freshly harvested, potato tuber contains about 80 percent water and 20 percent dry matter. About 60 to 80 percent of the dry matter is starch. On a dry weight basis, the protein content of potato is similar to that of cereals and much higher in comparison with other root and tubers crops, but very low in fat. This research was conducted in an attempt to improve potato plant characteristics and tuber quality; i,e, productivity, specific gravity,...