Vine Rolling vs. Conventional Multiple Harvest of Cucumbers in North Carolina

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 16:5-7 (article 3) 1993 Todd C. Wehner and Conrad H. Miller Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7609 Most cucumbers (Cucumis sativus L.) in North Carolina are harvested 2 to 3 times per week for 2 to 4 weeks in two production seasons (spring and summer). Fruits […]

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Turgid flowers are essential for good fruit and seed set in cucumber

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 16:3-4 (article 2) 1993 R. Szegedi, I. Cserni and P. Milotay Vegetable Crops Research Institute, 6000 Kecskemet, P.O.B. 116, Hungary Fruit number per unit area and shape is generally a good predictor of seed cucumber yield. In short-fruited varieties most of the available ovules are fertilized under optimum conditions resulting in […]

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Correlations Between Years for Foliar Gummy Stem Blight Disease Ratings on Field Grown Cucumbers

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 16:1-2 (article 1) 1993 Paul C. St. Amand and Todd C. Wehner Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7609 It is often desirable to know if resistance data from one test is positively and highly correlated with other tests. A high positive correlation indicates that testing once […]

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1993 Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Membership Directory

Individual CGC Members Al-Sulaiman, Abdul Mohsen I. National Agricultural & Water Research Center, P.O. Box 54763, Ridyah 11524, Saudi Arabis Ayuso, Ma Cruz Petoseed Iberica, S.A. Carretera de Malaga, 34,04710 Santa Maria del Aguila, Almeria, Spain. Barbercheck, Mary Dept. Entomology, Box 7634, North Carolina State Univ. Raleigh, NC, 27695-7634. Tel: (919) 737-2638 Beekman, A.G.B. ROYAL […]

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1992 Melon Reports

1992 Report No. 15 Melon (Cucumis melo) Database of native distributions for Cucumis Joseph J. Kirkbride, Jr. (USA) CGC 15:45-47 (1992) Interactive microcomputer database for identification of Cucumis Joseph J. Kirkbride, Jr. (USA) CGC 15:48-50 (1992) Pedigree PI 414723 melon James D. McCreight, G. Weston Bohn and Albert N. Kishaba (USA) CGC 15:51-52 (1992) Interaction and linkage […]

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An In Vitro Selection Method for a Melon Variety which Regenerates by Direct Organogenesis

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 15:65-66 (article 24) 1992 Victor Gaba and Yeheskel Antignus Dept. of Virology, Agricultural Research Organisation, Volcani Center, POB 6 Bet Dagan 50250, Israel The Israeli F1 hybrid melon cv Galia is an important export crop. We wish to engineer this melon variety with coat protein mediated protection against Zucchini Yellow Mosaic […]

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In Vitro Regeneration in Cucumis melo cv. Pusa Madhuras

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 15:62-64 (article 23) 1992 Jaagrati Jain and T.A. More Division of Vegetable Crops, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi – 110012, India Introduction. Most of the cultivated forms of Cucumis melo L., such as Pusa Madhuras, are highly susceptible to field conditions at young stage of vegetative growth. Field conditions, namely […]

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Preliminary Screening of Melons for Sweetpotato Whitefly Resistance

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 15:59-61 (article 22) 1992 James D. McCreight U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research SErvice, 1636 East Alisal Street, Salinas, CA 93901 Lettuce infectious yellows (LIY), a sweetpotato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci Genn., (SPWF) transmitted virus disease of melons, has been a problem in fall melon production in the lower desert valleys of […]

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