Correlation of Damping-Off with Belly Rot Resistance in Cucumber

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 20:16-17 (article 8) 1997 Michael S. Uchneat and Todd C. Wehner Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7609 Eddie Echandi Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7616 Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) is an important vegetable crop in the United States, with a large […]

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Seedling Tests for Belly Rot Resistance in Cucumber

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 20:13-15 (article 7) 1997 Michael S. Uchneat and Todd C. Wehner Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7609 Introduction. Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) is an important vegetable crop of the Southeastern United States, supplying cucumbers to much of the country during the early summer and fall. Belly […]

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Observations on Fruit Netting in Cucumber

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 16:8-9 (article 4) 1993 Michael S. Uchneat and Todd C. Wehner Departmentof Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7609 Several fruit surface (skin) types have been identified in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.), including warty (American), smooth (middle-eastern), ridged (greenhouse), and netted (wild). Hutchins (1940) identified the netted trait as […]

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Screening Cucumber for Resistance to Belly Rot Caused by Rhizoctonia solani

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 15:19-21 (article 8) 1992 Todd C. Wehner, Michael S. Uchneat and Rufus R. Horton, Jr. Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7609 Belly rot caused by Rhizoctonia solani Kuhn (Ag-4) is one of the more important cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) diseases in the southeastern United States. Crop […]

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