Comparison of Seed Coat Development and Composition in Normal and Hull-less Strains of Pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo L.)

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 5: 51-52 (article 25) 1982 S.G. Stuart and J.B. Loy University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824 Pumpkin seeds normally develop a well-defined, five-zoned seed coat or testa (1) by ten to fifteen days post-anthesis (2). In 1934, Tschermak-Seysenegg reported a ‘naked-seeded’ or hull-less mutant in pumpkin which did not develop […]

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Comparison of the Effectiveness of BA and AVG in Promoting Fruit Set in Muskmelon

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 5:23 (article 11) 1982 J. B. Loy University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824 The cytokinin N6 – benzyladenine (BA) promotes fruit set in hand-pollinated muskmelon (1). In making our muskmelon pollinations during the summer, we routinely apply 2 µg BA in a lanolin-water paste (7:3 w/v) to the base of ovaries […]

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Dry Matter Accumuilation and Productivity in Bush and Vine Strains of Winter Squash

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 5:40-41 (article 20) 1982 C. E. Broderick and J. B. Loy University of New Hampshire, Durham, N.H. 03824 The bush phenotype facilitates conventional row culture and manageability of winter squash, however, there is little information regarding comparative photosynthgetic efficiency and productivity between bush and vine forms of C. maxima. In 1980 and […]

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The Effect of Light and Fruit Development on Internode Elongation in Cucurbita maxima Squash

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 2:40-41 (article 25) 1979 C. D. Zack and J. B. Loy University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824 Bush strains of Cucurbita maxima squash exhibit a compact form of growth under field conditions during the summer, but grow in a vining manner during the fall and winter in the greenhouse in Durham, NH. […]

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Regulation of Sex Expression in Gynomonoecious Muskmelon for Hybrid Seed Production

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 1:18 (article 18) 1978 J. B. Loy University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824 Several approaches for obtaining hybrid seed in muskmelon without hand pollination have been suggested, but all the methods to date have serious limitations. It has been difficult to obtain stable, true-breeding lines of gynoecious muskmelon, and until […]

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