1989 Gene List for Cucumber

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 12:91-103 (article 38) 1989 Lawrence K. Pierce and Todd C. Wehner Agrigenetics, California (first author); Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7609 (second author) Lists of the known genes for the Cucurbitaceae have been published previously in HortScience and the report of the Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative. However, […]

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1988 Cucumber Reports

1988 Report No. 11 Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) Development of callus and somatic embryos from zygotic embryos of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) J.B.M. Custers, J.E.M. van Deelen and J.H.W. Bergervoet (Inst. Horticultural Plant Breeding {IVT}, Wageningen, The Netherlands) CGC 11:1-2 (1988) Embryogenesis from cotyledon-derived callus of Cucumis sativus L. Rebecca M. Cade, Todd C. Wehner and Frank A Blazich […]

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Lack of chilling resistance in Cucumis sativus var. hardwickii (R.) Alef.

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 11:29-32 (article 14) 1988 Jack E. Staub U.S.D.A. / A.R.S., Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 Improvement of cucumber (Cucumis sativus var. sativus L.; hereafter referred to as sativus) for low temperature germination and emergence ability has been the focus of several research programs in the U.S.A. (1, […]

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Evaluation of Fruit Quality in Cucumis sativus var. hardwickii (R.) Alef.-Derived Lines

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 11:25-28 (article 13) 1988 Jack E. Staub and Linda R. Frederick, U.S.D.A. / A.R.S. Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 Breeding strategies designed to incorporate the sequential fruiting ability of Cucumis sativus var. hardwickii (R.) Alef. (hereafter referred to as hardwickii) into commercially acceptable cultivars (var. sativus L.) […]

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Improving the Level of Powdery Mildew Resistance in Cucumber

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 11:22 (article 11) 1988 Henry M. Munger Emerson Hall, Cornell University, Ithica, NY 14853 In attempting to raise the level of powdery mildew resistance ({MR) in ‘Poinsett’ cucumber, we have made use of several parents with some unexpected results. Initially crosses were made with ‘Spartan Salad’ 77-717 whose F1’s showed somewhat […]

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Preinoculation peroxidase activity in cucumber leaves not associated with race 2 anthracnose resistance

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 11:20-21 (article 10) 1988 Linde, D.C. Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108 Rhodes, B.B. Clemson University Edisto Research and Education Center, Blackville, SC 29817 Anthracnose, caused by the fungus Colletotrichum lagenarium (Pass.) Ell. and Halst., is one of the major foliar diseases of cucumbers. An inexpensive […]

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Association of fasciation with opposite leaf arrangement

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 11:19 (article 9) 1988 R.W. Robinson Department of Horticultural Sciences, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, NY 14456 Fasciated cucumber plants develop a very broad main stem, with increased numbers of leaves, tendrils, and flowers per node. Yorty (2) suggested that two recessive genes were required to produce fasciation. An […]

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Development of Tropical Gynoecious Lines in Cucumber

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 11:17-18 (article 8) 1988 T. A. More and V.S. Seshadri Division of Vegetable Crops, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi – 110012, India Gynoecious sex expression has been responsible for phenomenal development and quicker exploitation of hybrid vigor in cucumber which has attained a high degree of perfection in U.S.A., Canada, […]

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