2002 Squash and Pumpkin Reports

Report No. 25 Squash and Pumpkin (Cucurbita spp.) A Postscript to Duchesne’s Cucurbit Legacy H.S. Paris (Israel) CGC 25:41-42 (2002) No Segregation Distortion in Intersubspecific Crosses in Cucurbita pepo H.S. Paris (Israel) CGC 25:43-45 (2002) Inheritance of Gray Leaf Color in a Material Derived from a Cucurbita maxima Duch. x C. moschata Duch. Hybrid F. López-Anido, E. Cointry, I. Firpo, S.M. […]

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2001 Squash and Pumpkin Reports

Report No. 24 Squash and Pumpkin (Cucurbita spp.) Variation among Tropical Pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata) Cultivars in Susceptibility to Silverleaf D.N. Maynard (USA) CGC 24:71-72 (2001) Aggressiveness of Powder Mildew Isolates on Cucurbita maxima E. Krístková and A. Lebeda (Czech Republic) CGC 24:73-76 (2001) Evaluation of the Cross Eskandarany x Whitaker for Powdery Mildew Resistance (PMR), Zucchini Yellow […]

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A Bibliography of the Oil Pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo)

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 23:129-135 (article 45) 2000 Thomas C. Andres The Cucurbit Network, 5440 Netherland Ave., D24, Bronx, NY 10471 This bibliographic survey covers the diverse publications in the breeding, biology, and usage of the oil pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo). It includes the uses of the oil pumpkin for its edible and medicinal oil and […]

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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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