Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 1:36-37 (article 33) 1978 Claude Heit, R. W. Robinson, and W. Mishanec New York Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, NY 14456 Dormancy is seldom a serious problem with seed of cucumber and muskmelon. Freshly harvested seed may be dormant, but this can usually be easily overcome by removal of the seed coats […]
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Vegetable Improvement Newsletter No. 9
February 1967 Compiled by H.M. Munger, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 1. Some Correlation Studies in Asparagus as Related to Cumulative Season Yield Dermot P. Coyne and Robert Fast Department of Horticulture and Forestry, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska In evaluating the yield performance of asparagus varieties in trials or selected plants and in a […]
Vegetable Improvement Newsletter No. 7
February 1965 Compiled by H.M. Munger, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 1. Release of Md. 63-84, a Bush Blue Lake Breeding Line Robert J. Snyder Department of Horticulture, University of Maryland The Maryland Station has released Md. 63-84 as a bush Blue Lake breeding line. It has been inbred 7 generations following a cross of […]
Vegetable Improvement Newsletter No. 6
February 1964 Compiled by D.H. Wallace, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 1. Inbreeding and Heterosis in Asparagus Philip Ito and T.M. Currence Department of Horticulture, University of Minnesota, St. Paul Sib crosses were made to develop inbred lines. Ten female plants from each of 9 inbred lines ranging four to eight sib-crossed generations were chosen […]