Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 12:68-69 (article 29) 1989 L. Wessel-Beaver and M.W. Carbonell Department of Agronomy and Soils, College of Agricultural Sciences, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR 00708 Half sib families from seed of 38 fruits originating from the Dominican Republic and 12 fruits from Puerto Rico were evaluated in replicated field trials in […]
Squash & Pumpkin Reports
1988 Squash Reports
CGC Report 11 Squash and Pumpkin (Cucurbita spp.) Inheritance of bush habit in Cucurbita pepo L. Y.H. Om, D.G. Oh and K.H. Hong (Horticultural Expt. Sta., Suweon, Korea) CGC 11:70-71 (1988) Improving seed yield in hull-less seeded strains of Cucurbita pepo J. Brent Loy (University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA) CGC 11:72-73 (1988) Inheritance of resistance to zucchini […]
Germplasm Resources of Cucurbita from Spain
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 11:86 (article 36) 1988 F. Nuez and M.J. Diez Biotechnology Department, Politechnical University of Valencia, Spain J. Costa Regional Center of Agricultural Research, C.R.I.A. La Alberca, Muria, Spain J. Cuartero Experimental Station “La Mayora: C.S.I.C. Algarrobo-Costa, Malaga, Spain This paper reports on the recent collection of 254 accessions of Cucurbita species […]
Taxonomic Rank and Rarity of Cucurbita okeechobeensis
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 11:83-85 (article 35) 1988 Thomas C. Andres Department of Horticultural Science, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, NY 14456 Gary P. Nabhan Desert Botanical Garden, 1201 N. Galvin Parkway, Phoenix, AZ Cucurbita okeechobeensis (Small) is, as the name implies, a gourd first described as endemic to the muck-laden shores and […]
Dry Cucurbitacin-containing Baits for Controlling Adult Western Corn Rootworms, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), in Field Corn
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 11:79-82 (article 34) 1988 Levine, E., H. Oloumi-Sadeghi, R.L, Metcalf and R. Lampman Office of Agricultural Entomology and Department of Entomology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL 61801 In the Diabrotica beetles and their rootworm larvae are probably the most costly insect pests of agriculture in the U.S. The combined attacks of […]
Cucurbita Blossom Aroma and Diabrotica Rootworm Beetle Attraction
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 11:76-78 (article 33) 1988 Robert L. Metcalf and Richard L. Lampman Department of Entomology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL 61801 Recent research has shown that many diabroticite species found on cucurbits, including the striped cucumber beetle (SCB) Acalymma vittata, the spotted cucumber beetle (SCR) D. undecimpunctata howardi, the western corn rootworm […]
Inheritance of Resistance to Zucchini Yellow Mosaic Virus in the Interspecific Cross Cucurbita maxima x C. ecuadorensis
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 11:74-75 (article 32) 1988 R.W. Robinson, N.F. Weeden, and R. Provvidenti Departments of Horticultural Sciences and Plant Pathology, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell University, Geneva, N. Y. 14456 Cucurbita ecuadorensis has been reported to be resistant or tolerant to the major cucurbit viruses, namely zucchini yellow mosaic (ZYMV), cucumber […]
Improving Seed Yield in Hull-Less Seeded Strains of Cucurbita pepo
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 11:72-73 (article 31) 1988 J. Brent Loy Department of Plant Science, University of New Hampshire, Durham NH 03824 Research on hull-less seeded strains of pumpkin was initiated at the NJ Agr. Exp. Sta. 10 years ago, and during the past 6 years there has been a major effort to develop snack […]
Inheritance of Bush Habit in Cucurbita pepo L.
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 11:70-71 (article 30) 1988 Y.H. Om, D.G. Oh, and K.H. Hong Vegetable Division I, Horticultural Experiment Station, Suweon 170, Korea Bush growth habit in squash isAvery important character for dense planting, especially under the plastic house cultivation. Toi breed bush-type pepo cultivars for the cultivation, it is an essential step to […]
Gene List for Cucurbita spp.
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 11:96-103 (article 42) 1988 Lists of the known genes for the Cucurbitaceae have been published previously in 3 installments (4, 5, 25), and complete, updated gene lists have recently been published for cucumber (CGC 8:86-96), muskmelon (CGC 9:111-120) and watermelon (CGC 10:106-110). In the interest of updating and collecting information on […]