Inheritance of Umbrella-like Leaf Shape in Materials Derived from Cucurbita maxima x pepo Hybrids

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 22:50-52 (article 18) 1999 M. Rakoczy-Trojanowska and S. Malepszy Department of Plant Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology, Warsaw Agricultural University, Nowoursynowska 166, 02-787 Warszawa, Poland Introduction distant crosses in plants can be a tool for obtaining new forms for breeding and genetic investigations. Hybrids between squash (Cucurbita maxima Duch.) and pumpkin (C. […]

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Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) Induced Mutations: A Female Sterile Mutant and An Independent Long Hypocotyl Mutant

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 18:13-15 (article 6) 1995 K. Niemirowicz-Szczytt, M. Rucinska, A. Korzeniewska and S. Malepszy Department of Genetics and Hort. Plant Breeding, Warsaw Agricultural University, SGGW, 02-766 Warsaw, Poland As with previously described mutants (2-5), the two mutants reported here belong to our collection developed by Kubicki. Mutants were obtained by ethyleneimine seed […]

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Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) Variants Resistant to Metribuzin or Linuron are not Viable

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:34-42 (article 13) 1991 S. Malepszy, K. Witkowski and S. Zgagacz Warsaw Agricultural University, Dept. Genetics & Hort. Plant Breeding, Nowoursynowska 166, 02-766 Warszawa, Poland In vitro culture techniques can be employed to improve cucumber (5), including selection of mutants for herbicide resistance. That would be desirable due to high cucumber […]

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