Duchesne is the Botanical authority for Cucurbita moschata and Cucurbita maxima

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 23:56-57 (article 17) 2000 Harry S. Paris Department of Vegetable Crops, Agricultural Research Organization, Newe Ya’ar Research Center, P. P. Box 1021, Ramat Yishay 30-095, Israel The botanical authority cited for cucurbita moschata in scientific papers has varied among various writers. Whitaker and Davis (10), in their book “Cucurbits,” gave the […]

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Evidence for the Center of Diversity of Cucurbita moschata in Colombia

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 23:54-55 (article 16) 2000 Linda Wessel-Beaver Dept. of Agronomy and Soils, University of Puerto Rico, P.O. Box 9030, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico Until recently, most researchers accepted southern Mexico-northern guatemala as the likely center of origin of C. moschata as proposed by Whitaker and Davis (5). However, others (1,2,6) have noted that […]

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2000 Squash and Pumpkin Reports

Report No. 23 Squash and Pumpkin (Cucurbita spp.) Evidence for the Center of Diversity of Cucurbita moschata in Colombia L. Wessel-Beaver (USA) CGC 23:54-55 (2000) Duchesne is the Botanical Authority for Cucurbita moschata and Cucurbita maxima H.S. Paris (Israel) CGC 23:56-57 (2000) Significance of Paintings (1769-1774) of Cucurbita pepo Fruits by A.N. Duchesne H.S. Paris (Israel) CGC 23:58-59 (2000) Cucurbita spp. and Lagenaria siceraria Collection at […]

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2000 Cucurbita Gene List Update

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 23:137-138 (2000) R.W. Robinson Department of Horticultural Science, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell University, Geneva NY 14456 H.S. Paris Dept. of Vegetable Crops, Agric. Research Organization, New Ya’ar Research Center, P.O. Box 1021, Ramat Yishay, 30-095, Israel Previous lists of Cucurbita genes were published in CGC Rpt. 15: 102-109 (1992) and […]

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