Cucumber Cultivars and Breeding Lines for the U.S.D.A. Plant Introduction Collection

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 13:1-3 (article 1) 1990 Todd C. Wehner Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC 27695-7609 The USDA cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) germplasm collection includes cultivars and breeding lines that are useful to the American pickle and slicer industry as cultivars, pollenizers, and/or parents of hybrids. The working collection […]

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Isolation and Culture of Cucumis metuliferus Protoplasts

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 12:26-29 (article 12) 1989 William H. McCarthy, Todd C. Wehner and Margaret E. Daub Department of Horticultural Science, Box 7609 (1st and 2nd authors) and Department of Plant Pathology, Box 7616, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7609 (3rd author) Research supported in part by a grant from Pickle Packers International. […]

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Delayed Pollination Successful for Cucumbers in North Carolina Greenhouse

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 12:16-17 (article 6) 1989 Todd C. Wehner and Rufus R. Horton, Jr. Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7609 Munger reported that pistillate flowers of cucumber could be pollinated successfully up to 24 hours after they opened in the Philippines and in his New York greenhouses, but […]

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Cluster Analysis of Environments for the U.S.A. Southern Cooperative Slicing Cucumber Trials

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 11:13-14 (article 6) 1988 Todd C. Wehner Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7609 Plant breeders interested in developing slicing cucumbers for the southern U.S.A. often use the southern cooperative trials that cover many locations and seasons in that region. Trials use locations from Virginia (northeast corner […]

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Survey of Cucumber Breeding Methods in the U.S.A.

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 11:9-12 (article 5) 1988 Todd C. Wehner Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7609 In 1987, I surveyed public (state university and U.S. Dept. Agric.) and private (seed or processing companies) plant breeders assigned to the improvement of cucumber. The survey included questions on breeding objectives, selection […]

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Embryogenesis from Cotyledon-Derived Callus of Cucumis sativus L.

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 11:3-4 (article 2) 1988 Rebecca M. Cade, Todd C. Wehner, and Frank A. Blazich Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7609. Early research on tissue culture of cucurbits dealt with the formation of somatic embryos in culture (2, 4). However, only recently have plants been regenerated through […]

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Inheritance of Littleleaf and Multi-branched Plant Type in Cucumber

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 10:33-34 (article 20) 1987 Todd C. Wehner Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7609 Jack E. Staub and Clinton E. Peterson Department of Horticulture, U.S.D.A., University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 Little-leaf is a plant type discovered in an inbred selection in Arkansas. Goode et al. (1) […]

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