Comparison of Seed Coat Development and Composition in Normal and Hull-less Strains of Pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo L.)

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 5: 51-52 (article 25) 1982 S.G. Stuart and J.B. Loy University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824 Pumpkin seeds normally develop a well-defined, five-zoned seed coat or testa (1) by ten to fifteen days post-anthesis (2). In 1934, Tschermak-Seysenegg reported a ‘naked-seeded’ or hull-less mutant in pumpkin which did not develop […]

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