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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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. […]

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