Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 5:4-5 (article 2) 1982 P. T. Della Vecchia, C. E. Peterson and J. E. Staub University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 Cucumis sativus var. hardwickii (R.) Alef. has been suggested as a possible source of germplasm for increasing yield in pickling cucumbers (1). Potentially the most useful characteristic of ‘hardwickii’ types is their ability to […]
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Effect of the Duration of Short-day Treatment on the Flowering Response of a Cucumis sativus var. hardwickii (R.) Alef. Line
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 5:2-3 (article 1) 1982 P. T. Della Vecchia, C. E. Peterson, and J. E. Staub University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 Since Horst and Lower (1) first reported on the potential of Cucumis sativus var. hardwickii (R.) Alef. as a possible source of germplasm for increasing yield in pickling cucumbers, there has been considerable interest by […]
Linkage of Sex Type, Growth Habit and Fruit Length in Two Cucumber Inbred Backcross Populations
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 5:12-13 (article 6) 1982 K. W. Owens and C. E. Peterson University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 Two inbred backcross populations (2) were developed by crossing W1540, a small-fruited, gynoecious, determinate USDA breeding line with W1925 (Population I) and W1928 (Population II), both of which were large-fruited, monoecious and indeterminate. Two […]
Response of Muskmelon Cultivars to Bacterial Wilt (Erwinia tracheiphila [E.F. Smith] Holland)
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 5:26-27 (article 13) 1982 K. W. Owens Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 C. E. Peterson U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 Bacterial wilt (BW) is a serious disease of muskmelon in the Midwest and Northeast U.S. The disease is caused […]
Effects of Ethylene on Hermaphroditic Cucumbers
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 4:8-10 (article 4) 1981 Amy Iezzoni and C. E. Peterson University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 Ethrel, an ethylene releasing compound, has been demonstrated to alter the growth and flowering habit of monoecious cucumbers. Several of the most striking alterations include a decrease in internode length and a reduction of staminate […]
Induction of Perfect Flowers on Gynoecious Muskmelon by Silver Nitrate and Aminoethoxyvinylglycine
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 3:35-36 (article 20) 1980 K. W. Owens, C. E. Peterson and G. E. Tolla University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 (first and second authors); Campbell Institute of Agricultural Research, Napoleon, OH 43545 (third author) Recently, several hormones have been found to induce staminate flowers on gynoecious cucumber: silver nitrate (AgNO3) (1, […]
Complementation Between Two Perfect Flowered Mutants in Cucumber
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 3:12-13 (article 7) 1980 A.F. Iezzoni and C.E Peterson University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 G.E. Tolla Campbell Institute of Agricultural Research, Napoleon, OH 43545 In 1928, Rosa reported simple inheritance for flower type in cucumber: M/- plants have pistillate flowers and m/m plants have perfect flowers. Over the past several years, we have […]
Linkage of Bacterial Wilt Resistance and Sex Expression Genes in Cucumber
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 2:8 (article 4) 1979 A. F. Iezzoni and C. E. Peterson Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 Cucumber lines resistant to bacterial wilt caused by Erwinia tracheiphila were established for each of the four sex types (gynoecious, monoecious, hermaphrodite, and andromonoecious) to investigate a possible linkage between the gene for […]
Vegetable Improvement Newsletter No. 10
February 1968 Compiled by H.M. Munger, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 1. A Chromosomal Interchange in Cabbage M.E. Nasrallah Biology Department, State University College, Cortland, N.Y. A naturally occurring case of semi-sterility was observed in one plant of a self-fertile line derived from the Cornell release 52-153. The semi-sterility was manifested in reduced seed set. […]
Vegetable Improvement Newsletter No. 2
February 1960 Compiled by H.M. Munger, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 1. Interaction of Snap Bean Varieties with Fertility Rates Dean E. Knavel and Donald J. Cotter University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky Snap bean variety trials conducted the past several years indicated the existence of significant variety-fertility interactions for several varieties. It appears that the […]