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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The Origin and Breeding of the Hull-less Seeded Styrian Oil-Pumpkin Varieties in Austria

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 23:101-104 (article340) 2000 Joanna Winkler Saatzucht Gleisdorf, Am Tieberhof 33, A-8200 Gleisdorf, Austria; [email protected] Abstract: The cultivation of pumpkins (C. pepo L.) for the combined use of fruits and seeds in Styria is confirmed by records going back 200 years. This was the first and, at the beginning, the largest region […]

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Some Comments Concerning the Origin and Taxonomy of Old World Pumpkins

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 23:99-100 (article 33) 2000 Harry S. Paris Department of Vegetable Crops, Agricultural Research Organization, Newe Ya’ar Research Center, P.O. Box 1021, Ramat Yishay 30-095, Israel; [email protected] Various forms of cucurbita pepo, many of them pumpkins, are recorded in botanical tomes of Europe beginning in the mid-16th century (6). Of the pumpkins, […]

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A Preliminary Survey of Oilseeds in the Cucurbitaceae

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 23:96-98 (article32) 2000 Thomas C. Andres The cucurbit Network, 5440 Netherland Ave., D24, Bronx, NY 10471 Earle and Jones (1962) rank the Cucurbitaceae as one of the highest plant families in terms of mean protein content as well as mean oil content of its seeds, and assert that it “appear(s) to […]

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Seed Development in Cucurbita pepo: An Overview with Emphasis on Hull-less Seeded Genotypes of Pumpkin

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 23:89-95 (article 31) 2000 J. Brent Loy Department of Plant Biology, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 0324, U.S.A.; [email protected] Abstract: Seeds of Cucurbita pepo L. are high in protein and oil, and a good source of potassium, phosphorous, some of the minor elements, and some of the B vitamins. The […]

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An Overview of the Oil Pumpkin

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 23:87-88 (article 30) 2000 Thomas C. Andres The Cucurbit Network, 5440 Netherland Ave., D24, Bronx, NY 10471 The use of pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo) seed is not new. The wild gourd-like ancestors of pumpkins contain edible and highly nutritious seeds, and their consumption most likely constitutes the first use of this species. […]

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Proceedings of the 1st International Oil Pumpkin Conference

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 23:86-86 (article 29) 2000 9-13 August 1999 Styria & Lower Austria Preface Extracting oil from pumpkin seed is a century-old tradition centered in Styria, in the south-eastern part of Austria. Some 130 years ago, a recessive mutation occurred which prevented the coat of the pumpkin seed from lignifying. Generations of people […]

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2000 Proceedings of the 1st International Oil Pumpkin Conference

July 2000 Report No. 23 Proceedings of the 1st International Oil Pumpkin Conference Preface P. Lichtenecker and T. Lelley CGC 23:86 (2000) An Overview of the Oil Pumpkin T.C. Andres (USA) CGC 23:87-88 (2000) Seed Development in Cucurbita pepo: An Overview with Emphasis on Hull-less Seeded Genotypes of Pumpkin J.B. Loy (USA) CGC 23:89-95 (2000) A […]

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