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 […]
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 […]
Screening Cucumbers for Resistance to Pickleworm
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 1:16 (article 15) 1978 E. V. Wann, J. F. Robinson, R. L. Lower, J. M. Schalk and Terry L. Pulliam US Vegetable Laboratory, USDA, SEA, Charleston, SC 29407 and Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27650 We have developed procedures for rearing and artificially infesting cucumber plants […]
Effects of Silver Nitrate and Gibberellic Acid on Gynoecious Cucumber
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 1:8-9 (article 6) 1978 R. L. Lower, D. M. Pharr and E. K. Horst North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27650 Research by Beyer (1) and by De Ponti and Kho (2) discuss the effects of silver nitrate alone, and in combination with gibberellic acid, respectively, on sex expression of cucumber. […]
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 […]
Vegetable Improvement Newsletter No. 7
February 1965 Compiled by H.M. Munger, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 1. Release of Md. 63-84, a Bush Blue Lake Breeding Line Robert J. Snyder Department of Horticulture, University of Maryland The Maryland Station has released Md. 63-84 as a bush Blue Lake breeding line. It has been inbred 7 generations following a cross of […]
Vegetable Improvement Newsletter No. 4
February 1962 Compiled by H.M. Munger, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 1. Glossy Broccoli John J. Natti and John D. Atkin New York Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, NY A bright green plant was found in a commercial field of Waltham 29 broccoli. This plant lacked the normal bloom and was termed glossy. It was hoped […]