Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 6:82-83 (article 41) 1983 Henry M. Munger and Richard L. Washek Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 After many years of attempting to use cucumber mosaic resistance derived from PI 176959, a C. pepo from Turkey, recent efforts have concentrated on C. martinezii which is proving a far better source of resistance. […]
Richard L. Washek
Hybridization of Cucurbita pepo with Disease Resistant Cucurbita Species
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 6:92 (article 47) 1983 Richard L. Washek and Henry M. Munger Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 Several Cucurbita species, mostly non-cultivated, are sources of resistance to cucumber mosaic, watermelon mosaic-1, watermelon mosaic-2, squash mosaic and powdery mildew (3). Through embryo culture, C. pepo was hybridized successfully with C. martinezii (now considered […]