February 1966 Compiled by H.M. Munger, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 1. Guidelines For Naming Vegetable Varieties P.A. Minges The Vegetable Breeding and Variety Committee of the A.S.H.S. at the annual meeting held at Urbana, August 1966, approved four guidelines for naming new vegetable varieties. Voluntary acceptance and application of these suggestions could lead to […]
Paul G. Smith
Vegetable Improvement Newsletter No. 6
February 1964 Compiled by D.H. Wallace, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 1. Inbreeding and Heterosis in Asparagus Philip Ito and T.M. Currence Department of Horticulture, University of Minnesota, St. Paul Sib crosses were made to develop inbred lines. Ten female plants from each of 9 inbred lines ranging four to eight sib-crossed generations were chosen […]
Vegetable Improvement Newsletter No. 5
February 1963 Compiled by D.H. Wallace, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 1. Nematode Resistance in Phaseolus Paul G. Smith and Adrian Gentile Department of Vegetable Crops, University of California, Davis The last report on nematode resistance in beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) was published in 1939 by Barrons (Jour. Agr. Res. 58:263:72). He postulated resistance found in the […]