2010 Gene List for Cucumber

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 33-34: 69-103 (article 23) 2010-2011 Adam D. Call and Todd C. Wehner Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7609 U.S.A. Introduction This is the latest version of the gene list for cucumber (Cucumis sativus L. ). In addition to morphological and resistance genes, this list includes genes […]

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2008 Gene List for Other Genera of Cucurbitaceae

Marlene Taja and Todd C. Wehner Department of Horticultural Science North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 27695-7609 Introduction The Cucurbitaceae includes many important vegetables species, including cucumber, melon and watermelon. Those are major crop species originally from the Old World: cucumber from India; melon and watermelon from Africa (Wehner and Maynard, 2003). However, there are […]

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2007 Gene List for Watermelon

by Todd C. Wehner Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7609 Introduction Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai) is a major cucurbit crop that accounts for 6.8% of the world area devoted to vegetable crops (FAO, 2002). Watermelon is grown for its fleshy, juicy, and sweet fruit. Mostly eaten fresh, they […]

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2007 Cucumber Reports

Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) Effects of Benzothiadiazole on Induction of Resistance in Cucumber to Infection by Cladosporium cucumerinum Q. Ma and C. F. Wang (China) CGC 30:1-4 (2007) Genetic variability in Cucumis sativus var. hardwickii R. (Alef.) germplasm A.D. Munshi, B. Panda, T. K. Behera, Ravinder Kumar, T. K. Behera, and I. SBisht (India) CGC 30:5-10 […]

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2005 Gene List for Cucumber

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 28-29: 105-141 (2005-2006) Todd C. Wehner Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University This is the latest version of the gene list for cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.). In addition to morphological and resistance genes, this list includes genes that have been cloned from different plant tissues of cucumber. The genes […]

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Testing Method and the Correlation Between Fruit Yield and Yield Components in Cucumber

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 23:16-20 (article 5) 2000 Christopher S. Cramer Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Box 30003, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NB 88003-8003 Todd C. Wehner Department of Horticultural Science, Box 7609, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7609 Introduction. An alternative to improving fruit yield per se in cucumber (Cucumis sativus […]

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Fruit Yield and Yield Component Correlations of Four Pickling Cucumber Populations

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 23:12-15 (article 4) 2000 Christopher S. Cramer Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Box 30003, New Mexico State University, Las Cruses, NM 88003-0003 Todd C. Wehner Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7609 Introduction. Increased fruit yield has been one of the primary breeding objectives in the development […]

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