1979 Resolution and Notes

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 2:ii-iiii (Introduction) 1979 Resolution and notes of organization meeting, October 28, 1976, Denver Hilton, Denver, Colorado, U.S.A. The following resolution was adopted by research workers interested in organizing a Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative: The Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative is organized to develop and advance the genetics of economically important cucurbits. Membership to this […]

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1979 Stocks and Germplasm Desired or for Exchange

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 2:54-56 (article 30) 1979 Stocks Desired J.M. Crall Watermelon lines with gummy stem blight resistance for crossing with the most advanced lines in our progeny selection program. J.D. McCreight Chlorophyll deficient stocks and stocks having any one or more of the following genes of Cucumis melo: g, gynomonoecious; gp, green petals; h, […]

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Six Interspecific Trisomics (2n C. moschata + 1 C. palmata chromosome) and One Primary Trisomic of Cucurbita moschata

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 2:37 (article 22) 1979 J. D. Graham and W. P. Bemis University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 A fertile interspecific trisomic of Cucurbita moschata was first reported by Bemis, who added a single chromosome from the wild, perennial, xerophytic species, C. palmata, to disomic C. moschata cv, ‘Butternut’ (1). Repeating the procedure of crossing the autoallotriploid, containing […]

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Sex Expression in Cucurbita foetidissima HBK

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 2:36 (article 21) 1979 Brenda K. Fulks, J. C. Scheerens, and W. P. Bemis University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 Sex expression in Cucurbita species including C. Foetidissima, the Buffalo gourd, have been considered as stable breeding monoecious species. Antherless and male sterile plants were described by Curtis (1). A population of C. foetidissima grown by Curtis […]

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The Versatility of the Feral Buffalo Gourd, Cucurbita foetidissima HBK

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 1:25 (article 24) 1978 W. P. Bemis University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 A wild perennial gourd, native to the arid regions of Western North America may be the key to additional food and feed crops adapted to low water use agriculture. This plant is Cucurbita foetidissima HBK, the Buffalo gourd. It has […]

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