An Austrian Cucumber Mosaic Virus Isolate is Causing Severe Symptoms on Resistant Cucurbita pepo Cultigens

In 2005, we discovered some plants of a zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV)-tolerant oilpumpkin breeding line (Cucurbita pepo), severely affected by a virus. Our first assumption was that ZYMV might have overcome the resistance, but ELISA tests revealed that most likely cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) caused the symptoms, although ZYMV was detected in very low […]

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2007 Squash and Pumpkin Reports

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report No. 30 Squash and Pumpkin (Cucurbita spp.) Diversity within Cucurbita maxima and C. moschata for resistance to RNA viruses Menahem Edelstein, Harry S. Paris, Amit Gal-On, Giora Barkan, Diana Leibman, and Rivka Hadas (Israel) CGC 30:31-32 (2007) New Plant Variety Protection (PVP) Forms for Pumpkin/Squash/Gourd Harry S. Paris, Janice Strachan, Mark […]

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