Gynoecious Sex Expression in Cucurbita Resulting from an Interspecific Cross

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 1:31-32 (article 29) 1978 R. W. Robinson, M. A. Boettger, and J. W. Shail New York Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, NY 14456 The ‘Buttercup’ and ‘Golden Delicious’ cultivars of Cucurbita maxima were crossed with the ‘Butternut’ and ‘Waltham Butternut’ cultivars of C. moschata. Each parent was monoecious, producing many more staminate than pistillate flowers. Each […]

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