Effects of the White Spine Allele on Skin Toughness and Fruit Firmness in ‘Wisconsin SMR 18’ Cucumber

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 3:6-8 (article 4) 1980 B.F. George Heinz, U.S.A., Tracy, CA 95376 H.M. Munger Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 The cream mature fruit color, associated with the white spine allele (b), is preferred by pickle processors over the orange mature fruit color associated with the black spine allele (B). However, many seedsmen […]

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Vegetable Improvement Newsletter No. 16

February 1974 Compiled by H.M. Munger, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 1. Breeding Pole Beans Resistant to Rhizoctonia and With High Temperature Pod Set M. LeRon Robbins Clemson University Truck Experiment Station, Charleston, S.C. A land variety of pole bean with resistance to Rhizoctonia and with the ability to set pods in hot weather was discovered. Crosses with several […]

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