Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 23:68-68 (article 22) 2000 R. Provvidenti Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, NY 14456 Watermelon mosaic virus (WMV), previously known as WMV-2, commonly occurs in cucurbits and wild legume species growing in the northeastern United States. Generally, the symptoms caused by this virus in […]
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A Source of a High Level of Tolerance to Squash Mosaic Virus in a Melon from China
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 21:29-30 (article10) 1998 R. Provvidenti Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, NY 14456 Squash mosaic virus (SqMV) is one of the major viral agents affecting melons (Cucumis melo L.). It is seed transmitted, hence it can be found in every area of the world […]
Differential Response of Cucurbita pepo Cultivars to Strains of Zucchini Yellow Mosaic Virus
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 20:56-59 (article 26) 1997 R.W. Robinson and R. Provvidenti Cornell University, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, NY 14456 Lisa and Lecoq (2) described zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV) as being remarkably variable. Different strains of ZYMV can be distinguished on the basis of the symptoms on susceptible hosts, and […]
New American Summer Squash Cultivars Possessing a High Level of Resistance to a Strain of Zucchini Yellow Mosaic Virus from China
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 20:57-58 (article 25) 1997 R. Provvidenti Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, N.Y. 14456 Different strains of zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV) have been reported to infect cucurbits in many countries of the world (3,8). Two American strains of this virus are well known, […]
A Multi-Viral Resistant Cultivar of Bottle Gourd (Lagenaria siceraria from Taiwan)
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 18:65-67 (article 31) 1995 R. Provvidenti Department of Pathology, Cornell University, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, N.Y. 14456 According to Heiser (3) bottle gourd or calabash gourd (Lagenaria siceraria L.) in prehistoric times was exclusively cultivated throughout the tropical and subtropical areas of both hemispheres and in some regions […]
Cold Resistance in Accessions of Watermelon from Zimbabwe
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 15:67-68 (article 25) 1992 R. Provvidenti Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, NY 14456 Watermelon seedlings grown at low temperatures (< 20 C ˚ ) usually develop a foliar mottle and stunting. Cotyledons appear to be whitish green, while the first leaves develop a […]
Allozyme Diversity at the Pgi-2 Locus of Citrullus lanatus from Zimbabwe
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:104-106 (article 36) 1991 D. Benscher and R. Provvidenti Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University, new York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, NY 14456 Toll and Gwarazimba reported in a983 to have collected 134 landraces of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) in Zimbabwe (5). In 1986, we received from the USDA Germplasm Resources, […]
Inheritance of Resistance to Zucchini Yellow Mosaic Virus in the Interspecific Cross Cucurbita maxima x C. ecuadorensis
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 11:74-75 (article 32) 1988 R.W. Robinson, N.F. Weeden, and R. Provvidenti Departments of Horticultural Sciences and Plant Pathology, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell University, Geneva, N. Y. 14456 Cucurbita ecuadorensis has been reported to be resistant or tolerant to the major cucurbit viruses, namely zucchini yellow mosaic (ZYMV), cucumber […]
The Search for Sources of Resistance to Squash Mosaic Virus In Melon: A Preliminary Report
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 10:56-57 (article 30) 1987 R. Provvidenti Department of Plant Pathology, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell University, Geneva, NY 14456 M. A. Humphreys Vegetable Research Department, Harris Moran Seed Company, Rochester, NY 14624 In nature, squash mosaic virus (SqMV) is confined to Cucurbitaceae. Squash (Cucurbita spp.) and melons (Cucumis melo) […]
Linkage Relationships of Watermelon Mosaic Virus-1 Resistance in Cucumber
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 10:24 (article 15) 1987 Y.J. Wang1 and R. W. Robinson Horticultural Sciences Department, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, NY 14456 R. Provvidenti Plant Pathology Department, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, NY 14456 ‘Wisconsin 2757’ is a valuable source of multiple disease resistance for cucumber (1). It is […]