Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 23:64-67 (article 21) 2000 Haim Nerson and Harry S. Paris Department of Vegetable Crops, Agricultural Research Organization, Newe Ya’ar Research center, P.O. Box 1021, Ramat Yishay, 30-095, Israel The seed yield of any fruit is a function of seed number and seed size. Seed number is determined early in fruit development […]
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Cucurbita argyrosperma Sets Fruit in Fields where C. moschata is the Only Pollen Source
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 23:62-63 (article20) 2000 Linda Wessel-Beaver Dept. of Agronomy and Soils, University of Puerto Rico, P.O. Box 9030, Mayaguez, PR 00681-9030 Cucurbita argyrosperma Huber and C. moschata Duchense can often be found growing in close proximity, or even in the same fields in Mexico and Guatemala. While Whitaker and Knight (9) state […]
Cucurbita spp. and Lagenaria siceraria Collection at the Center for Conservation and Breeding of Agricultural Biodiversity (CCMAV), Polytechnical University of Valencia
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 23:60-61 (article 19) 2000 F. Nuez, P. Fernandez de Cordova, M. Ferriol, J.V. Valcarcel, B. Pico and M.J. Diez Center for Conservation and Breeding of Agricultural Biodiversity (CCMAV), Camino de Vera 14, 46022, Valencia, Spain. E-mail:[email protected] The Center for Conservation and Breeding of Agricultural Biodiversity, (CCMAV) located at the Polytechnical University […]
Significance of Paintings (1769-1774) of Cucurbita pepo Fruits by A.N. Duchesne
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 23:58-59 (article 18) 2000 Harry S. Paris Department of Vegetable Crops, Agricultural Research Organization, Newe Ya’ar Research center, P.O. Box 1021, Ramat Yishay 30-095, Israel Cucurbita entered recorded history in the botanical herbals of the Renaissance period. From 1542 through 1700, over 50 original illustrations were published of various forms of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
1999 Watermelon Reports
CGC Report No. 22 Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) A Tendrilless Mutant in Watermelon: Phenotype and Inheritance Bill Rhodes, Xingping Zhang, Vance Baird and Halina Knapp (USA) CGC 22:28-30 (1999) Inheritance of Light Green Flower Color (gf) in Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) Young-Seok Kwon (Rep. Korea) and Fenny Dane (USA) CGC 22:31-33 (1999) Triploid and Tetraploid Watermelon (Citrullus […]
Changes in Lipid Peroxidation and antioxidant Status in Ripening Melon (Cucumis melo L.) Fruit
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 22:24-27 (article 10) 1999 Patrick J. Conner and Timothy J. Ng Dept. Natural Resource Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-4452 USA Introduction Mature melons become soft and dehydrated, even when storied in cool humid conditions. the short time inwhich fruits must be harvested, sold and consumed is a serious […]