The Significance of Some Traits and Their Combinations in the Usage of U.S. Cucumber

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 15:17-18 (article 7) 1992 Henry M. Munger Department of Plant Breeding, Cornell University, Ithica, NY 14853 The excellent history of U.S. cucumber improvement by Wehner and Robinson (1) prompts me to make some corrections and add some thoughts about the importance of the right combination of traits as contrasted with improvement […]

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Availability and Use of Interspecific Populations Involving Cucurbita moschata and C. pepo

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 13:49 (Article 20) 1990 Henry M. Munger Department of Plant Breeding, 252 Emerson Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 In view of increasing interest in the transfer of traits between species of Cucurbita, it may be relevant to call attention to the existence of interspecific populations that we have maintained and […]

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Improving the Level of Powdery Mildew Resistance in Cucumber

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 11:22 (article 11) 1988 Henry M. Munger Emerson Hall, Cornell University, Ithica, NY 14853 In attempting to raise the level of powdery mildew resistance ({MR) in ‘Poinsett’ cucumber, we have made use of several parents with some unexpected results. Initially crosses were made with ‘Spartan Salad’ 77-717 whose F1’s showed somewhat […]

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Sources of Combined Resistance to Powdery Mildew and Corynespora Leaf spot in Cucumber

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 10:1 (article 1) 1987 Henry M. Munger and David P. Lane Departments of Plant Breeding and Vegetable Crops, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 Lane and Munger reported (1) an association between resistance to powdery mildew (PMR) and susceptibility to target leafspot (TLS) caused by Corynespora cassiicola (Berk. and Curt.) Wei. This […]

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An Improved Method of BA Application for the Promotion for the Promotion of Fruit Set in Muskmelon

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 6:51 (article 26) 1983 Henry M. Munger and David P. Lane Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 The artificial cytokinin N6-benzyladenine (BA) greatly improves the percentage of fruit set in hand-pollinated muskmelon (1). This effect is probably even more pronounced in situations where emasculation is involved or where pollinations are made by […]

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