Rakesh Kumar and Todd C. Wehner Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7609 The United States the fourth largest producer of watermelon in the world after China, Turkey, and Iran (5). Yields are highest in China and United States and somewhat lower in the other major producing countries. Watermelon is a […]
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L-Citrulline Levels in Watermelon Cultivars From Three Locations
Angela R. Davis and Wayne W. Fish Wes Watkins Agricultural Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, P.O. Box 159, Lane, OK 74555 Amnon Levi United States Vegetable Laboratory, USDA-ARS, 2700 Savannah highway, Charleston, SC 29414 Stephen King Department of Horticultural Sciences, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX 77843 Todd Wehner Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina […]
Variability and Correlation among Morphological, Vegetative, Fruit and Yield Parameters of Snake Melon (Cucumis Melo Var. Flexuosus)
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 33-34: 32-35 (2010-2011) Mohamed T. Yousif National Institute for Promotion of Horticultural Exports, University of Gezira Tamadur M. Elamin Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Gezira Al Fadil M. Baraka Agri-technical Group-Khartoum Ali A. El Jack Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Gezira Elamin A. Ahmed Faculty of Agric. & Nat. […]
Melon Trait and Germplasm Resources Survey 2011
James D. McCreight United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Agricultural Research Station, 1636 E. Alisal St., Salinas, CA 93905 The Cucurbit Crop Germplasm Committee (CCGC), which operates under the auspices of the USDA-ARS National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS), is composed of ARS, university and industry scientists, and provides guidance to NPGS on […]
Podosphaera xanthii but not Golovinomyces cichoracearum infects Cucurbits in a Greenhouse at Salinas, California
Cosme Bojorques Ramos Karunakaran Maruthachalam, James D. McCreight Raymundo S. Garcia Estrada Traditionally, Erysiphe cichoracearum (now Golovinomyces cichoracearum) and Podosphaera xanthii, formerly Sphaerotheca fuliginea, have been reported as the causal agents of cucurbit powdery mildew (CPM) (2, 10). These two fungal species have often been misidentified (12), due to similarities in their anamorphic characteristics and […]
Powdery Mildew Resistance of Cucurbits at Different Locations
R. W. Robinson Horticulture Dept., Cornell University, Geneva, NY 14456 A sabbatical leave in 1968/69 provided an opportunity for me to visit research institutes in five different countries and test cucurbits for powdery mildew resistance at each location. Sixteen accessions of six cucurbit species were inoculated with powdery mildew spores in greenhouses at Geneva, NY; […]
Antagonistic Actinomycete XN-1 from Phyllosphere Microorganisms of Cucumber to Control Corynespora cassiicola
Strain XN-1 isolated from the cucumber phyllosphere was tested for potential application as an antagonistic actinomycete against Corynespora cassiicola (Berk.& Curt.)Wei. The fungistatic activity of this strain was determined by inoculation of C. cassiicola on PDA plates, spore germination inhibition in culture filtrate and control tests on cucumber leaves. The spore germination and hyphal growth […]
Genetic Control of Downy Mildew Resistance in Cucumber – A Review
The oomycete pathogen Pseudoperonospora cubensis (Berk. and Curt.) Rostow. is a major foliar disease of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.), especially in humid regions of the world (Palti and Cohen, 1980). Downy mildew was first described on cucumber by Berkeley and Curtis in 1868 and investigation into the genetic basis of resistance began in the early […]
Yield of Spring-Planted Cucumber Using Row Covers, Polyethylene Mulch, and Chilling Resistant Cultivars
North Carolina is a leading producer of field-grown cucumbers (Cucumis sativus L.) in the United States. In the 2001 to 2003, North Carolina ranked second in the production of processing (pickling) cucumbers, after Michigan, with approximately 74,700 Mg harvested per year. In the same period, North Carolina ranked fifth in the production of fresh-market (slicing) […]
Origin and Characterization of the ‘Lemon’ Cucumber
A touching tale was told by a huckster in the year of 1909 (3). In order to commemorate the wedding of his beloved daughter, he claimed that he plucked an orange blossom from her bridal bouquet and used it to pollinate a cucumber plant. The result of this bizarre union was, he said, a cucumber […]