Lack of Seed Transmission in Squash and Melon Plants Infected with Zucchini Yellow Mosaic Virus.

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 10:81-82 (article 42) 1987 R. Provvidenti and R. W. Robinson Departments of Plant Pathology and Horticultural Sciences, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell Univertsity, Geneva, NY 14456 The rapid spread of zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV) to cucurbits grown in different areas of the world strongly suggests its transmission through […]

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Inheritance of Resistance to Zucchini Yelow Mosaic Virus in Cucurbita moschata

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 10:80 (article 41) 1987 H. M. Munger Departments of Plant Breeding And Vegetable Crops, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14583 R. Provvidenti New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell University, Geneva, NY 14456 Since Provvidenti et al (1) reported resistance to zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV) in a C. moschata from Nigeria […]

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Occurrence of Zucchini Yellow Mosaic Virus in the United States in 1985

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 9:96 (article 30) 1986 R. Provvidenti Department of Plant Pathology, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell University, Geneva, New York 14456, U.S.A. During the growing season of 1985, in the United States, zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV) was more widespread than in any previous year. Epidemics occurred in the following […]

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Reactions of Accessions of Citrullus colocynthis from Nigeria to Zucchini Yellow Mosaic Virus and other Cucurbit Viruses.

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 9:82-83 (article 25) 1986 R. Provvidenti Department of Plant Pathology, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell University, Geneva, New York 14456, U.S.A. Recently (3), we reported that two accessions of Egusi (Citrullus colocynthis) from Nigeria were tolerant to zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV). However, the reaction of Egusi to this […]

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Lack of Resistance to Zucchini Yellow Mosaic Virus in Accessions of Cucurbita maxima

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 8:76-77 (Article 29) 1985 Provvidenti, R. New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell University, Geneva, NY 14456 R. Alconero USDA Northeast Regional Plant Introduction Station, Geneva, NY 14456 Zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV) is one of the most destructive pathogens infecting cucurbits, and although of recent identification (1981), it is known […]

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Sources of Resistance to Viruses in Two Accessions of Cucumis sativus 

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 8:9-12 (Article 5) 1985 Provvidenti, R. Department of Plant Pathology, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell University, Geneva, NY 14456 Recently we have determined that two accessions of Cucumis sativus ‘Surinam’ and ‘TMG-1’ are valuable sources of resistance to the most common viruses affecting this species in the United States. […]

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Epidemics of Zucchini Yellow Mosaic Virus and Other Cucurbit Viruses in Egypt in the Spring of 1983

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 7:78-79 (article 34) 1984 R. Provvidenti New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell University, Geneva, NY 14456 H.M. Munger Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 H.O. Paulus University of California, Riverside, CA 92521 In Egypt, during the spring of 1983, viral diseases were responsible for devastating epidemics in cucumber, melon, squash and […]

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Further occurrence of Zucchini Yellow Mosaic Virus in the United States

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 7:80 (article 35) 1984 Provvidenti, R. and D. Gonsalves New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell University, Geneva, NY 14456 H.S. Humaydan Joseph Harris Company, Inc., Rochester, NY 14624 During 1983 zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV) occurred in cucurbits grown in New York, Florida and California. In affected fields the virus […]

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The Occurrence of Zucchini Yellow Mosaic Virus in the United States

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 6:99 (article 50) 1983 R. Provvidenti and D. Gonsalves New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, New York 14456 H. S. Humaydan Joseph Harris Company, Inc., Rochester, New York 14624 A new viral disease occurred in 1982 in a field of ‘Multipik’, a cultivar of yellow summer squash (Cucurbita pepo) situated […]

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Sources of Resistance or Tolerance to Viruses in Accessions of Cucurbita maxima

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 5:46-47 (article 23) 1982 R. Provvidenti New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell University, Geneva, New York 14456 Sources of resistance to cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) and watermelon mosaic virus 2 (WMV-2) , and tolerance to watermelon mosaic virus 1 (WMV-1) were recently found in three foreign accessions of Cucurbita maxima. Resistance […]

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