Investigations of the Effects of Plant Type and Morphology of the Cucumber on Infestation by the Pickleworm, Diaphania nitidalis Stoll

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 2:16-17 (article 10) 1979 Terry Lane Pulliam and R. L. Lower Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27650 E. V. Wann U. S. Vegetable Laboratory, USDA, SEA, Charleston, SC 29407 Seven plant types of ‘Addis’, a pickling cucumber cultivar, five plant introductions, tetraploid lines, and other lines […]

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Interspecific Grafting to Promote Flowering in Cucumis hardwickii

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 2:11-12 (article 7) 1979 J. Nienhuis and R. L. Lower University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 D. M. Pharr North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27650 Cucumis hardwickii Royle is thought to be either a feral or progenitor species of the cultivated cucumber, C. sativus L. It is currently being evaluated in our breeding […]

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1979 Resolution and Notes

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 2:ii-iiii (Introduction) 1979 Resolution and notes of organization meeting, October 28, 1976, Denver Hilton, Denver, Colorado, U.S.A. The following resolution was adopted by research workers interested in organizing a Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative: The Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative is organized to develop and advance the genetics of economically important cucurbits. Membership to this […]

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Cucumis hardwickii: A Source of Germplasm for the Cucumber Breeder

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 1:5 (article 4) 1978 E. K. Horst and R. L. Lower North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27650 Cucumis hardwickii, an annual monoecious cucurbit species resembling C. sativus, hybridizes readily with C. sativus, producing a fertile F1 with no observed reduction of fertility in the F2. C. hardwickii sets larger numbers of fruit per plant […]

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