Crop Loss to Eight Diseases of Watermelon in North Carolina

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 22:47-49 (article 17) 1999 Nischit V. Shetty and Todd C. Wehner Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7609 The Department of Plant Pathology at North Carolina State University set up a disease loss committee in 1978 for crops grown in North Carolina, in response to inquiries made […]

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Measurement of Sex Expression in Cucumber Using Percentage Staminate Nodes and a Subjective Rating for Gynoecy

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 20:7-8 (article 4) 1997 Nischit V. Shetty and Todd C. Wehner Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC 27695-7609 Most cultivars of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) grown in the U.S. are gynoecious hybrids. In order to produce hybrid seeds of those cultivars, one inbred parent must be highly […]

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