Styrian Pumpkin Oil: The Marketing Perspective

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 23:128-128 (article 44) 2000 John Paul Cook 3102 Little Creek, Alexandria, VA 22309, U.S.A.; [email protected] For nearly 300 years, Styria in Austria has been the home of the well-kept secret of pumpkin seed oil. Not only did this oil evolve as the cornerstone of Styria’s diet it was also recognized for […]

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Cucurbita pepo – History and Thin Coated Seeds

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 23:126-127 (article43) 2000 Herwig Teppner Institute of Botany, Karl-Franzens-University, Hoilteigasse 6, A-8010, Graz, Austria; [email protected] From the herbals of the 16th century it can be shown, that horticultural groups of Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. pepo (pumpkin, vegetable marrow) and of C. pepo L. subsp. ovifera (L.) Decker (scallop, acron, ornamental gourds) […]

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“Styrian Pumpkin-Seed Oil g.g.A” – Over One Million control Numbers Have Been Assigned

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 23:1214-125 (article 42) 2000 Christian Konrad “Steirisches Gemuse” (Styrian Vegetables), Am Engelsdorfgrund 10, A-8041 Graz, Austria; [email protected] The Stamp of Origin – “Styrian Pumpkin-Seed Oil g.g.A”: The growing of pumpkins for the production of pumpkin-seed oil is an old tradition in Styria and now represents an interesting and important source of […]

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The Health Value of Styrian Pumpkin Seed Oil – Science and Fiction

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 23:122-123 (article 41) 2000 Franz Siegfried Wagner Institute for Regional Product Development, Technical Buro and Chemical Laboratory, Kogelberg 15, A-8430 Leibniz, Austria; [email protected] Styrian Pumpkin-seed oil is a natural vegetable oil Vegetable oils are very important in human nutrition. They provide our system with essential polyunsaturated fatty acids, Vitamin E and […]

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Production of Cucurbit Seed Oil by Cold Pressing Process in the “Farmaol” Company

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 23:120-121 (article 40) 2000 Sergy B. Artyomenko Joint company “Farmaol”, P.O. Box 157700, Chelyabinsk, 454091, Russia; [email protected]; [email protected] Leonid N. Chaban Kalinovaya St. h.30, ap.94, Sochi, 354066, Krasnodar region, Russia: [email protected]; [email protected] Abstract: The cold (actually low-temperature) process of pressing oil from pumpkin, water- and other melon seed for medicinal purposes […]

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Breeding for ZYMV Tolerance of Seed-Oil Pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo var. styriaca) in Austria using Molecular Markers

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 23:117-119 (article 39) 2000 Tamas Lelley and Silvia Hengmuller Department of Biotechnology in Plant Production, Institute of Agrobiotecnology, A-3430 Tuln, Austria, Konrad Lorenz Str. 20 Abstract: For the first time in Austria, the year 1997 brought a severe infection of oil pumpkin by the Zucchini Yellow Mosaic Virus (ZYMV) causing a […]

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Zucchini Yellow Mosaic Virus in Cucurbita pepo var. styriaca: Epidemiology, Strategies of Control

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 23:114-116 (article 38) 2000 Monika Riedle-Bauer Federal Office and Research Institute for Agriculture, Spargelfieldstrase 191, 1226 Vienna, Austria; [email protected] In 1997 a severe outbreak of Zucchini Yellow Mosaic Virus (ZYMV) (3) caused serious damage and yield losses in oil pumpkin, cucurbita pepo var. styriaca all over austria. In 1998 and in […]

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Virus Infections Levels of Oil Seed Pumpkins in New Zealand

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 23:112-113 (article 37) 2000 John Burgmans Future Resources, 633a Queen Street, Levin, New Zealand; [email protected] John Fletcher Crop & Food Research, PB 4704 Christchurch, New Zealand Abstract: Small commercial plantings of the oil seed pumpkin, ‘Weis 371’ and an unknown Hungarian variety, were made in Hawke’s Bay, new Zealand during November […]

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Oil Seed Pumpkins – A New Experience for New Zealand

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 23:110-111 (article 36) 2000 John Burgmans Future Resources, 633a Queen Stret, Levin, New Zealandl [email protected] Abstract: Oil seed pumpkin, (Cucurbita pepo var. Styriaca), cv. Wies 371 was first evaluated in new Zealand in 1991 and subsequent trials indicated that the crop grew well in areas where traditional cucurbit crops are produced […]

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Breeding, Production, and Utilization of Oil Pumpkin in Yugoslavia

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 23:105-? (article 35) 2000 Janos Berenji Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops, 21000 Novi Sad, Yugoslavia; [email protected] Abstract: The classification, breeding (history, methods and breeding goals), production (including the traditional practice of intercropping along with the present way of production in pure culture) and utilization (whole fruit or the flesh of […]

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