Rind Maturity and Susceptibility of Butternut Squash to Didymella bryoniae

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 18:62-64 (article 29) 1995 T. A. Zitter and J. L. Drennan Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University, Ithica, NY 14853 Many cucurbit fruit are susceptible to infection by the black rot fungus Didymella bryoniae in the field or during storage (1, 2, 3). Wounding is known to be important for fungal […]

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Field Screening of Melon Varieties and Lines for Multiple Race Resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melonis

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 18:43-43 (article 20) 1995 T.L. Zuniga and T.A. Zitter Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University, Ithica, NY 14853 The symptoms for Fusarium wilt were first reported from New York (1), but the disease was described and pathogenicity confirmed in 1933 from Minnesota (4). The disease has occurred sporadically in New York […]

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Impact of Powdery Mildew and Gummy Stem Blight on Collapse of Pumpkins (Cucurbita pepo)

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 15:93-96 (article 36) 1992 T. A. Zitter and M. M. Kyle Departments of Plant Pathology and Plant Breeding, Cornell University, Ithica, NYU 14853 Powdery mildew (PM) caused by Sphaerotheca fuliginea and gummy stem blight (GSB) / black rot caused by Didymella bryoniae (teleomorph) and Phoma cucurbitacearum (anamorph) are important diseases of […]

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Reaction of Cucurbita pepo L. cv. Cinderella to strains of Cucumber Mosaic Virus

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:125-128 (article 43) 1991 T.A. Zitter, D.A.C. Pink, and D.G.A. Walkey Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University, Ithica, NY 14853, Institute of Horticultural Research, Wellesbourne, Warwick, CV35 9EF, U.K. Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) is the only virus of any economic importance infecting zucchini and vegetable marrow crops in the United Kingdom […]

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