Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 23:73-77 (article 25) 2000 Miroslav Baranek, Gergtud Stift, Johann Vollmann and Tamas Lelley Department of Plant Biotechnology, Institute of Agrobiotechnology Tulln, A-3400 Tulln, Austria: [email protected] Introduction. Genes not available in a species can often be obtained through interspecific hybridization. A good example is resistance against Zucchini Yellow Mosaic Virus (ZYMV), which […]
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Potential Usefulness of SSR Markers for Studying Infraspecific Variability in Cucurbita pepo
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 23:71-72 (article 24) 2000 Nurit Katzir, Neta Mozes-Daube, Yael Danin-Poleg, and Harry S. Paris Department of Vegetable Crops, Agricultural Research Organization, Newe Ya-ar Research Center, P.P. Box 1021, Ramat Yishay 30-095, Israel Simple sequence repeats (SSRs), also known as microsatellites, consist of variable numbers of tandem repeats of up to five […]
Searching for Molecular Markers Linked to ZYMV Resistance in Squash
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 23:69-70 (article230) 2000 Rebecca N. Brown and James R. Myers Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331 The purpose of this study was to find a molecular marker linked to zucchini yellow mosaic virus resistance from Cucurbita moschata ‘Nigerian Local’. ‘Nigerian Local’ is a major source of virus resistance […]
A Strain of Watermelon Mosaic Virus from Massachusetts Causes Prominent Symptoms on Squashes and Systematically Infects Cucurbita equadorensis and C. maxima PI 419081-1
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 23:68-68 (article 22) 2000 R. Provvidenti Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, NY 14456 Watermelon mosaic virus (WMV), previously known as WMV-2, commonly occurs in cucurbits and wild legume species growing in the northeastern United States. Generally, the symptoms caused by this virus in […]
Relationship between Fruit Size and Seed Size in Cucurbits
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 23:64-67 (article 21) 2000 Haim Nerson and Harry S. Paris Department of Vegetable Crops, Agricultural Research Organization, Newe Ya’ar Research center, P.O. Box 1021, Ramat Yishay, 30-095, Israel The seed yield of any fruit is a function of seed number and seed size. Seed number is determined early in fruit development […]
Cucurbita argyrosperma Sets Fruit in Fields where C. moschata is the Only Pollen Source
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 23:62-63 (article20) 2000 Linda Wessel-Beaver Dept. of Agronomy and Soils, University of Puerto Rico, P.O. Box 9030, Mayaguez, PR 00681-9030 Cucurbita argyrosperma Huber and C. moschata Duchense can often be found growing in close proximity, or even in the same fields in Mexico and Guatemala. While Whitaker and Knight (9) state […]
Cucurbita spp. and Lagenaria siceraria Collection at the Center for Conservation and Breeding of Agricultural Biodiversity (CCMAV), Polytechnical University of Valencia
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 23:60-61 (article 19) 2000 F. Nuez, P. Fernandez de Cordova, M. Ferriol, J.V. Valcarcel, B. Pico and M.J. Diez Center for Conservation and Breeding of Agricultural Biodiversity (CCMAV), Camino de Vera 14, 46022, Valencia, Spain. E-mail:[email protected] The Center for Conservation and Breeding of Agricultural Biodiversity, (CCMAV) located at the Polytechnical University […]
Significance of Paintings (1769-1774) of Cucurbita pepo Fruits by A.N. Duchesne
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 23:58-59 (article 18) 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 Cucurbita entered recorded history in the botanical herbals of the Renaissance period. From 1542 through 1700, over 50 original illustrations were published of various forms of […]
Duchesne is the Botanical authority for Cucurbita moschata and Cucurbita maxima
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 23:56-57 (article 17) 2000 Harry S. Paris Department of Vegetable Crops, Agricultural Research Organization, Newe Ya’ar Research Center, P. P. Box 1021, Ramat Yishay 30-095, Israel The botanical authority cited for cucurbita moschata in scientific papers has varied among various writers. Whitaker and Davis (10), in their book “Cucurbits,” gave the […]
Evidence for the Center of Diversity of Cucurbita moschata in Colombia
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 23:54-55 (article 16) 2000 Linda Wessel-Beaver Dept. of Agronomy and Soils, University of Puerto Rico, P.O. Box 9030, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico Until recently, most researchers accepted southern Mexico-northern guatemala as the likely center of origin of C. moschata as proposed by Whitaker and Davis (5). However, others (1,2,6) have noted that […]