A touching tale was told by a huckster in the year of 1909 (3). In order to commemorate the wedding of his beloved daughter, he claimed that he plucked an orange blossom from her bridal bouquet and used it to pollinate a cucumber plant. The result of this bizarre union was, he said, a cucumber […]
R. W. Robinson
2000 Cucurbita Gene List Update
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 23:137-138 (2000) R.W. Robinson Department of Horticultural Science, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell University, Geneva NY 14456 H.S. Paris Dept. of Vegetable Crops, Agric. Research Organization, New Ya’ar Research Center, P.O. Box 1021, Ramat Yishay, 30-095, Israel Previous lists of Cucurbita genes were published in CGC Rpt. 15: 102-109 (1992) and […]
2000 Cucurbita Gene List Update
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 23:137-138 (2000) R.W. Robinson Department of Horticultural Science, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell University, Geneva NY 14456 H.S. Paris Dept. of Vegetable Crops, Agric. Research Organization, New Ya’ar Research Center, P.O. Box 1021, Ramat Yishay, 30-095, Israel Previous lists of Cucurbita genes were published in CGC Rpt. 15: 102-109 (1992) and […]
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 […]
1996 Update of Gene List for Cucurbita spp.
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 19:91-92 (article 34) 1996 R.W. Robinson Department of Horticultural Science, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell University, Geneva, NY 14456 Mark G. Hutton Alf Christianson Seed Co., Spencer, NY 14883 The most recent complete gene list for Cucurbita species was published in CGC Rpt. 15:102-109 (1992). The following update includes […]
Genetic Parthenocarpy in Cucurbita Pepo L.
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 16:55-57 (article 20) 1993 R.W. Robinson Horticultural Sciences Department, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, New York 14456 Fruit set of summer squash can be very poor when conditions are unfavorable for pollination. Many F1 hybrid cultivars have been bred to have a high ratio of female to male flowers […]
1992 Gene List for Cucurbita spp.
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 15:102-109 (article 38) 1992 Mark G. Hutton and R.W. Robinson PetoSeed, RR2, Box 80-A Slade Lane, Bridgeton, NJ 08302 and Department of Horticultural Science, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell University, Geneva,NY 14456 Concern has been expressed (26) about the use of the “+” symbol for the normal allele of […]
Nomenclature of Cucumis melo L.
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:43-44 (article 14) 1991 H. M. Munger and R. W. Robinson Department of Plant Breeding, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 (first author); Department of Horticultural Sciences, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, N.Y 14456 (second author) The Common Name of Cucumis melo L. The question has arisen recently as to whether the […]
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 […]
Interaction of Cucurbitacin Genes
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 11:23-24 (article 12) 1988 R.W. Robinson, A. Jaworski, P.M. Gorski, and S. Shannon Horticultural Sciences Department, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, NY 14456 The Bt gene of Cucumis sativus L. has been reported to produce bitter fruits (1). We found that the bitterness is due to a quantitative, but […]