1986 Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Membership Directory

A.L. Castle, Inc. 24401 SW 197th Avenue, Homestead, FL 33031 A.R. Mann Library. College on Human Ecology, New York State College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Ithica, NY 14853 Adams, Howard. Northrup King & Co.,P.O. Box 1827, Gilroy, CA 95021-1827 Adeniji, Adeoye. A.P.O. Box 12465, Ibadan, Nigeria Agrigenetics Corporation. Library, 5689 E. Buckeye Road, Madison, WI 53716 […]

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Plant Regeneration from Explant-Derived Calli of Cucumis anguria L. var longipes.

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 9:108-109 (article 35) 1986 Garcia-Sogo, M., I. Granelli, B. Garcia-Sogo, L.A. Roig and V. Moreno Departments of Genetics and Microbiology, E.R.S. Ingenieros Agronomos, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, 46022 Valencia, Spain. Resistances to Tetranychus urticae KOCH, nematodes and cucumber green mottle mosaic virus have been described in Cucumis anguria L. var. longipes. […]

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Genetic Analysis of Isozyme Variants in Cucurbita pepo

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 9:104-106 (article 34) 1986 Weeden, N.F., R.W. Robinson and J.W. Shail Dept. of Horticultural Sciences, New York Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, NU 14456 Considerable isozyme polymorphism has been identified in cultivars of Cucurbita pepo (1,2,3,4), and a correlation between the particular activity bands and fruit types was noted by Ignart and […]

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Cucurbita moschata Planted at Four Latitudes

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 9:102-103 (article 33) 1986 D.W. Unander and F. Varela Ramfrez Depo. de Horticultura, Estacion Experimental Agricola, Apartado 506, Isabela, PR 00662 Cucurbita moschata Duch.ex Poir. is grown in temperate and tropical zones. ‘Ponca’ butternut, a vigorous selection in Nebraska (1), was observed to have a dwarfed unthrifty growth and small fruits […]

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Reducing Non-Genetic Variability of the Internal Color of Tropical Calabaza

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 9:100-101 (article 32) 1986 D.W. Unander and F. Varela Ramfrez Depo. de Horticultura, Estacion Experimental Agricola, Apartado 506, Isabela, PR 00662 Cucurbita moschata Duch., known in Spanish as calabaza (Cuba, Florida, Puerto Rico), auyama (Dominican Republic) or ayote sazon (Costa Rica), is an important vegetable throughout the Caribbean. Little breeding work […]

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Relationship between the B Genes of two Cucurbita Species

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 9:97-99 (article 31) 1986 Shifriss, O. Department of Horticulture and Forestry, Rutgers-The State University,New Brunswick, NJ 08903 Gene B conditions precocious depletion of chlorophyll in fruits of Cucurbita pepo L. And chlorophyll depletion is followed by precocious yellow pigmentation. In addition, B. can affect leaf blades depending upon the genetic background […]

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Occurrence of Zucchini Yellow Mosaic Virus in the United States in 1985

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 9:96 (article 30) 1986 R. Provvidenti Department of Plant Pathology, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell University, Geneva, New York 14456, U.S.A. During the growing season of 1985, in the United States, zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV) was more widespread than in any previous year. Epidemics occurred in the following […]

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Age Dependence for Organogenesis of Seed Explants from Four Cucurbita Accessions

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 9:93-95 (article 29) 1986 Lange, Nathan E., and J.A. Juvik Department of Horticulture, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801 A genotypic comparison in the in vitro organogenesis of explants from seeds was made on 4 accessions from the genus Cucurbita. Explants of seeds of different ages were tested to determine what […]

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Inheritance of Internode Length in an Interspecific Cross Cucurbita pepo x C. moschata

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 9:91-92 (article 28) 1986 Kwak, S.N. and J. Fujieda University Farm, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Kasuyamachi, Fukuoa, Japan. We inherited a breeding program for combining the good flesh quality of C. moschata with the bush plant habit of C. pepo. Under a plastic-film house, bush plants have several advantages such […]

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