Comparison of Fruit-Set Concentration of Pickling Cucumbers under Greenhouse and Field Conditions

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 10:2-3 (article 2) 1987 Haim Nerson, Harry S. Paris, Zvi Karchi, Anneke Govers, Menahem Edelstein and Yosef Burger Department of Vegetable Crops, Agricultural Research Organization, Newe Ya’ar Experiment Station, P.O. Haifa, Israel The shortage and expense of hand labor for multiple harvest of pickling cucumbers are major factors gearing this crop […]

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Early Vegetative Development of Spaghetti Squash is Unaffected by Seed Size

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 10:78-79 (article 40) 1987 Menahem Edelstein, Haim Nerson, Harry S. Paris, Zvi Karchi and Yosef Burger Department of Vegetable Crops, Agricultural Research Organization, Newe Ya’ar Experiment Station, P. 0. Haifa, Israel Spaghetti squash (Cucurbita pepo) has experienced a surge of popularity during the past few years. Since its introduction into North […]

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Differential Sensitivity of Cucurbita pepo Cultivars to Ethephon

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 8:67-68 (Article 25) 1985 Edelstein, Menahem, Harry S. Paris, Haim Nerson, Zvi Karchi, and Yosef Burger Department of Vegetable Crops, Agricultural Research Organization, Newe Ya’ar Experiment Station, P. O. Haifa, Israel Initial reports of the effects of ethephon on both squash and cucumber were concerned with the ease with which relatively […]

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