Fruit Development in Summer Squash in Relation to the Number of Stigmatic Lobes Receiving Pollen

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 3:48 (article 29) 1980 Vincent J. Tepedino Utah State University, UMC 53, Logan, UT 84322 Although insects are necessary for the pollination of monoecious summer squash, Cucurbita pepo, it is not known if insect visitors must deposit pollen on all three stigmatic lobes of the pistillate flower for normal fruit development to […]

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Comparison of Squash and Honey Bees as Pollinators of Summer Squash

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 3:48 (article 28) 1980 Vincent J. Tepedino Utah State University, UMC 53, Logan, UT 84322 Observations and experiments were conducted to ascertain if the specialized squash bee Peponopis pruinosa is superior to the honey bee Apis mellifera as a pollinator of summer squash, Cucurbita pepo, var. Italian Black Zucchini. The study site was the Greenville Farm […]

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