Overcoming the Silvering Disorder of Cucurbita

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 6:70-71 (article 35) 1983 Y. Burger, H.S. Paris, H. Nerson, Z. Karchi and M. Edelstein Division of Vegetable Crops, Agricultural Research Organization, Newe Ya’ar Experiment Station, P. O. Haifa, Israel Silver mottling of leaves is a widely known characteristic of cultivated Cucurbita which is controlled oligogenically. This mottling generally occurs as […]

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Further Observations on “Birdsnest” Muskmelons

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 5:28-29 (article 14) 1982 H. S. Paris, Z. Karchi, H. Nelson, M. Edelstein, A. Govers and D. Freudenberg Division of Vegetable Crops, Agricultural Research Organization, Newe Ya’ar Experiment Station, P.O. Haifa, Israel The birdsnest plant type or growth habit of muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.) has been described and compared with the familiar […]

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