Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 23:129-135 (article 45) 2000 Thomas C. Andres The Cucurbit Network, 5440 Netherland Ave., D24, Bronx, NY 10471 This bibliographic survey covers the diverse publications in the breeding, biology, and usage of the oil pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo). It includes the uses of the oil pumpkin for its edible and medicinal oil and […]
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A Preliminary Survey of Oilseeds in the Cucurbitaceae
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 23:96-98 (article32) 2000 Thomas C. Andres The cucurbit Network, 5440 Netherland Ave., D24, Bronx, NY 10471 Earle and Jones (1962) rank the Cucurbitaceae as one of the highest plant families in terms of mean protein content as well as mean oil content of its seeds, and assert that it “appear(s) to […]
An Overview of the Oil Pumpkin
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 23:87-88 (article 30) 2000 Thomas C. Andres The Cucurbit Network, 5440 Netherland Ave., D24, Bronx, NY 10471 The use of pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo) seed is not new. The wild gourd-like ancestors of pumpkins contain edible and highly nutritious seeds, and their consumption most likely constitutes the first use of this species. […]
Taxonomic Rank and Rarity of Cucurbita okeechobeensis
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 11:83-85 (article 35) 1988 Thomas C. Andres Department of Horticultural Science, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, NY 14456 Gary P. Nabhan Desert Botanical Garden, 1201 N. Galvin Parkway, Phoenix, AZ Cucurbita okeechobeensis (Small) is, as the name implies, a gourd first described as endemic to the muck-laden shores and […]
Relationship of Cucurbita scabridifolia to C. foetidissima and C. pedatifolia: a case of natural interspecific hybridization
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 10:74-75 (article 38) 1987 Thomas C. Andres Department of Horticultural Science New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, NY 14456 Cucurbita scabridifolia Bailey is a poorly known wild perennial gourd from southern Tamaulipas, Mexico (2). Recently T.C. Andres, J.J. Wyland, and M. Nee collected several populations of C. scabridifolia-like plants near […]
Hybridization of Cucurbita foetidissima with C. pedatifolia C. radicans, and C. ficifolia
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 10:72-73 (article 37) 1987 Thomas C. Andres Department of Horticultural Science, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, NY 14456 Cucurbita foetidissima HBK has been regarded as an aberrant species, showing no affinity toward any other Cucurbita species, based on phenetic relationships (4), pollinator species relationships (6), and compatibility relationships (3). […]
Cucurbita fraterna, the Closest Wild Relative and Progenitor of C. pepo
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 10:69-71 (article 36) 1987 Thomas C. Andres Department of Horticultural Science, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, NY 14456 Cucurbita fraterna Bailey is one of the least known species of Cucurbita. Our knowledge has been based entirely on the holotype, a single herbarium specimen collected by C.L. Lundell in 1937 […]