Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 13:14-17 (article 6) 1990 Rebecca M. Cade, Todd C. Wehner and Frank A. Blazich Department of Horticultural Science, Box 7609, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7609 (This paper is based on a portion of a thesis that was submitted by the senior author in partial fulfillment of the requirements for […]
Month: July 1990
Breeding Cucumbers for Fresh-market Production in Egypt
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 13:12-13 (article 5) 1990 Mahdy I. Metwally and Todd C. Wehner Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7609 (Dr. Metwally is a Visiting Scientist, Kafr El-Sheikh, Tanta Univ., Egypt) One major cultivar of cucumber is grown for field production in Egypt, ‘Beta Alpha’ (referred to as ‘Beit […]
Resistance of Cucumber to the Root-knot Nematode, Meloidogyne hapla
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 13:10-11 (article 4) 1990 S. Alan Walters and Todd C. Wehner Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC 27695-7609 Kenneth R. Barker Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC 27695-7616 Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) is one of the most susceptible crops to root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne […]
Root Knot Nematode Egg Concentrate for Inoculating Cucumis spp. Tests
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 13:8-9 (article 3) 1990 Todd C. Wehner and S. Alan Walters Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raldigh NC 27695-7609 Kenneth R. Barker Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC 27695-7616 In determining resistance of plant cultigens to root knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.), eggs are often […]
Screening of the U.S. Cucumber Germplasm Collection for Heat Stress Tolerance
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 13:4-7 (article 2) 1990 Jack E. Staub USDA/ARS, Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, Madison WI 53706 Alina Krasowska Research Institute of Vegetable Crops, Skierniewice, Poland The size of the U.S. Cucumis sativus germplasm collection (approx. 800) is small compared to germplasm collections such as bean (approx. 6,000) and potato and […]
Cucumber Cultivars and Breeding Lines for the U.S.D.A. Plant Introduction Collection
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 13:1-3 (article 1) 1990 Todd C. Wehner Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC 27695-7609 The USDA cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) germplasm collection includes cultivars and breeding lines that are useful to the American pickle and slicer industry as cultivars, pollenizers, and/or parents of hybrids. The working collection […]
1990 Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Membership Directory
Individual CGC Members Alexandrova, Maria Maritza Inst. Vegetable Crops, Plovdiv 4003, Bulgaria. Arend, Wim van der Nunhems Zaden B.V., P.O. Box 4005, 6080 AA Haelen, The Netherlands. Baker, L. R. Asgrow Seed Company,1984 Berlin Road, Sun Prarie, WI, 53590. Barham, Warren S. 7401 Crawford Drive, Gilroy, CA, 95020. Baumgartner, Oswald Saatzucht Gleisdorf, Ges. m.b.h. & Co. KG, AM Tieberhof 33,8200, […]
1990 Gene List for Cucumis melo L.
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 13:58-68 (article 23) 1990 Michel Pitrat I.N.R.A. Station d’Amelioration des Plantes Maraicheres, BP 94, F-84143 MONTFAVET Cedex (France). Lists of the known genes for the melon ave been published previously (13, 14, 15, 62). In order to update and collect information on the melon, the following represents the current list of […]