Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 13:14-17 (article 6) 1990 Rebecca M. Cade, Todd C. Wehner and Frank A. Blazich Department of Horticultural Science, Box 7609, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7609 (This paper is based on a portion of a thesis that was submitted by the senior author in partial fulfillment of the requirements for […]
Cucumber Reports
Breeding Cucumbers for Fresh-market Production in Egypt
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 13:12-13 (article 5) 1990 Mahdy I. Metwally and Todd C. Wehner Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7609 (Dr. Metwally is a Visiting Scientist, Kafr El-Sheikh, Tanta Univ., Egypt) One major cultivar of cucumber is grown for field production in Egypt, ‘Beta Alpha’ (referred to as ‘Beit […]
Resistance of Cucumber to the Root-knot Nematode, Meloidogyne hapla
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 13:10-11 (article 4) 1990 S. Alan Walters and Todd C. Wehner Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC 27695-7609 Kenneth R. Barker Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC 27695-7616 Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) is one of the most susceptible crops to root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne […]
Root Knot Nematode Egg Concentrate for Inoculating Cucumis spp. Tests
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 13:8-9 (article 3) 1990 Todd C. Wehner and S. Alan Walters Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raldigh NC 27695-7609 Kenneth R. Barker Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC 27695-7616 In determining resistance of plant cultigens to root knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.), eggs are often […]
Screening of the U.S. Cucumber Germplasm Collection for Heat Stress Tolerance
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 13:4-7 (article 2) 1990 Jack E. Staub USDA/ARS, Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, Madison WI 53706 Alina Krasowska Research Institute of Vegetable Crops, Skierniewice, Poland The size of the U.S. Cucumis sativus germplasm collection (approx. 800) is small compared to germplasm collections such as bean (approx. 6,000) and potato and […]
Cucumber Cultivars and Breeding Lines for the U.S.D.A. Plant Introduction Collection
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 13:1-3 (article 1) 1990 Todd C. Wehner Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC 27695-7609 The USDA cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) germplasm collection includes cultivars and breeding lines that are useful to the American pickle and slicer industry as cultivars, pollenizers, and/or parents of hybrids. The working collection […]
Tolerance of Cucumber to Chloramben Herbicide
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 12:7-8 (article 3) 1989 Jack E. Staub and Linda K. Crubaugh USDA, ARS Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 Lack of an efficacious chemical weed control system is a major factor which limits yield in commercial cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) production in the United States. This is particularly […]
Toxins: Potential Screening Aid for Selecting Anthracnose Resistance in Cucumbers
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 12:9-10 (article 2) 1989 D.C. Linde, J.M. Shively and B.B. Rhodes Clemson University Edisto Research and Education Center, Blackville, SC 29817 (first and third authors); and Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29632 (second author) Anthracnose (causal agent = Colletotrichum lagenarium) is one of the most important diseases of […]
Alternaria alternata f. sp. cucurbitae on Cucumber and Other Cucurbits
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 12:1-4 (article 1) 1989 Demetrios John Vakalounakis Plant Protection Institute, Heraklio, Crete, Greece During the 1979 to 1980 crop season, a severe leaf spot disease of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) was noticed on greenhouse crops grown in some plastic houses in the Sitia Area, Lasithi, Crete, Greece, along the coastal strip […]
1989 Cucumber Reports
1989 Report No. 12 Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) Alternaria alternata f. sp. cucurbitae on cucumber and other cucurbits D.J. Vakalounakis (Greece) CGC 12:1-4 (1989) Toxins: potential screening aid for selecting anthracnose resistance in cucumbers D.C. Linde, J.M. Shively and B.B. Rhodes (USA) CGC 12:5-6 (1989) Tolerance of cucumber to chloramben herbicide J.E. Staub and L.K. Crubaugh (USA) CGC 12:7-8 […]