Evaluation of two Benincasa hispida Genotypes for Fruit Yield, Vine Growth, Size and Shape Characteristics.

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 21:67-68 (article 26) 1998 Alejandro Ching Alternative Crops Research and Development Center, Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, MO 64468, U.S.A. Introduction. Winter melon (white or ash gourd, fuzzy gourd, don-kwa) is botanically known as Benincasa hispida (Thunb. Cogn. and has a chromosome number of 2n=24 (2,3,6). Rubatsky and Yamaguchi (4) list […]

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Correlated Genetic Response in Pumpkin Genotypes Selected under Low Income Conditions

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 21:66-66 (article 25) 1998 Humberto Rios Labrada, Antonio Fernandez Almirall and Orlando Batista de la Carrera Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Agricolas (INCA). GP no1 San Jose de las Lajas, La Habana, Cuba cp 32700 Introduction. Centralized pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata) breeding programs (CPBP) have been highly effective in producing broadly adapted varieties […]

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Genotypes Selected by Farmers: An Interesting Option for Pumpkin Breeding

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 21:65-65 (article 24) 1998 Humberto Rios Labrada, Antonio Fernandez Almirall and Orlando Batista de la Carrera Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Agricolas (INCA). GP no1 San Jose de las Lajas, La Habana, Cuba cp 32700 Introduction. Specific genetic adaptation of pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata) is important in order to maximize agrobiodiversity and yields, […]

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Pumpkin Response under Different Environmental Conditions

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 21:63-64 (article 23) 1998 Humberto Rios Labrada Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Agricolas (INCA). GP no1 San Jose de las Lajas, La Habana, Cuba CP 32700 Introduction. Environment plays an important role in cucurbit production. In Cuba, prior to the current economic crisis, pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata) yields were highest with winter sowings […]

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Effectiveness of the Informal Seed Sector for Increasing Yield in Pumpkins Developed under Low Input Conditions

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 21:62-62 (article 22) 1998 Humberto Rios Labrada, Yunaima Perera Ibarra y Antonio Fernandez Almirall Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Agricolas (INCA). GP no1 San Jose de las Lajas, La Habana, Cuba cp 32700 Introduction. The “informal seed sector” describes the ability of farmers – rather than breeders – to maintain, develop, enhance, […]

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Seed Development and Seed Fill in Hull-less Seeded Cultigens of Cucurbita pepo L.

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 21:59-61 (article 21) 1998 Kelly Vining and Brent Loy Department of Plant Biology, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824 Introduction. A breeding program to develop hull-less seeded cultivars of pumpkin has been ongoing at the University of New Hampshire since the early 1980s (3). The initial goal of the program […]

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Seed Fill Occurs in Stored Fruit of Cucurbita pepo L. Harvested Prematurely

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 21:57-58 (article 20) 1998 Kelly Vining and Brent Loy Department of Plant Biology, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824 Introduction. Pumpkin plants (Cucurbita pepo L.) often senesce prematurely in the fall because of disease pressures or low temperatures. Seeds from fruit of such plans are not well-filled, and it is […]

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Adventitious Flower and Shoot Formation by Various Cucurbits In Vitro

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 21:54-56 (article 19) 1998 P.N. Hoffman and R.M. Skirvin Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, 258 ERML, 1201 N. Gregory, Urbana, IL 16801, U.S.A. M. Ozgur Department of Horticulture, University of Uludag, P.O. Box 44, 10636 Hurriyet, Bursa, Turkey Introduction. Growth and early flowering are important aspects of crop breeding. […]

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