2012 to 2013 Squash and Pumpkin Reports

Squash and Pumpkin (Cucurbita spp.) Two Cucurbita moschata Bush-Parthenocarpic Breeding Lines Through an Interspecific Cross Young Hyun Om CGC 35 & 36:11-12 (2012-2013) Identification of Natural Sources of Resistance to Powdery Mildew, Zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV) and Fruit Flies Infestation in the Indigenous Pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata) Germplasm Mohamed T. Yousif, Ali E. Eljack and […]

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Response Reaction of Melon Genotypes Heterozygous for the Prv1 Gene to Mechanical Inoculation of PRSV-W

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 17:81-82 (article 23) 1994 Vitti, A.J., P.T. Della Vecchia, and R. Wierzbicki Agroflora S/A, Caixa Postal 427, 12900-000, Braganca Paulista, SP, BRAZIL In a previous study on the inheritance of Papaya Ring Spot Virus-Watermelon (PRSV-W) on melon (1) we have observed the appearing of necrotic local lesion on cotyledons of mechanically […]

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Inheritance of Short-day response to Flowering in Crosses Between a Cucumis sativus var. hardwickii (R.) Alef. Line and Cucumis sativus L. Lines

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 5:4-5 (article 2) 1982 P. T. Della Vecchia, C. E. Peterson and J. E. Staub University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 Cucumis sativus var. hardwickii (R.) Alef. has been suggested as a possible source of germplasm for increasing yield in pickling cucumbers (1). Potentially the most useful characteristic of ‘hardwickii’ types is their ability to […]

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Effect of the Duration of Short-day Treatment on the Flowering Response of a Cucumis sativus var. hardwickii (R.) Alef. Line

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 5:2-3 (article 1) 1982 P. T. Della Vecchia, C. E. Peterson, and J. E. Staub University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 Since Horst and Lower (1) first reported on the potential of Cucumis sativus var. hardwickii (R.) Alef. as a possible source of germplasm for increasing yield in pickling cucumbers, there has been considerable interest by […]

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