Efficient Production of Tetraploid Melon(Cucumis melo L, .) by Somatic Embryogenesis.

Although somatic embryogenesis in melon (Cucumis melo L.) has been reported by many workers, variations in the regenerated plants were not observed. In this report, morpholog-ical variations in leaf and fruit were studied among the plants derived from somatic embryos in melon. When the regenerated plants (Ro) were cultured in a green house, 52%f of them showed leaves with sinus and 31% of them set flat fruits (Table 1).