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Squash, Banana—Cucurbita maxima Duch.

EDIS, 2007
This document provides an overview of banana squash (Cucurbita maxima), a winter squash variety rarely cultivated in Florida due to its vulnerability to leaf diseases.
James M. Stephens
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Comparing the differences in quality profiles and antioxidant activity in seven pumpkin cultivars (Cucurbita moschata and Cucurbita maxima) at harvest and during postharvest storage [PDF]

Food Chemistry: X
Pumpkin, nutritious vegetable, is renowned for its extended shelf life. In this study, seven pumpkin cultivars from Cucurbita moschata and Cucurbita maxima were comparatively characterized for 25 physiochemical quality factors, starch granule structures,
Yingchao Xu, Manman Wang, Hafiz Muhammad Khalid Abbas, Shudan Xue, Jitong Zhu, Qitao Meng, Qingmin Jin, Manqin Fu, Shuping Qu, Yujuan Zhong   +9 more
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Genome-Wide Characterization and Expression Analysis of CAMTA Gene Family Under Salt Stress in Cucurbita moschata and Cucurbita maxima [PDF]

Frontiers in Genetics, 2021
Cucurbita Linn. vegetables have a long history of cultivation and have been cultivated all over the world. With the increasing area of saline–alkali soil, Cucurbita Linn.
Jingping Yuan, Jingping Yuan, Changwei Shen, Bihua Chen, Bihua Chen, Aimin Shen, Xinzheng Li, Xinzheng Li   +7 more
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Integrating transcriptome and metabolome analyses of the response to cold stress in pumpkin (Cucurbita maxima). [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2021
Cucurbita maxima belong to the genus Cucurbita and are of nutritional and economic importance. Physiological activity, transcriptome, and metabolome analyses of leaf samples from the C.
Fengmei Li, Xiuping Lu, Pengfei Duan, Yanjiao Liang, Jian Cui   +4 more
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NUTRITIONAL AND ANTI-NUTRITIONAL PROPERTIES OF THE SEEDS OF SIX SELECTED NIGERIAN CUCURBIT GERMPLASM [PDF]

Journal of Plant Development, 2021
Biochemical characterization of the seed extracts of the seeds of six selected Nigerian cucurbit germplasm was carried out using standard biochemical procedures. All treatments were replicated three times and the results presented as mean ± S.E.
Ibrahim Umar KARAYE, Muhammad HAYATU, Yahya MUSTAPHA, Lawan Abdu SANI   +3 more
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Optimization of Biodiesel Production Parameters from Cucurbita maxima Waste Oil Using Microwave Assisted via Box-Behnken Design Approach

Journal of Chemistry, 2022
The production of biodiesel from vegetables or fruits waste oils has high potential as renewable energy. The Cucurbita maxima wastes are massive source of oils, which are believed to indicate the possible sources of renewable energy whose biodiesel can ...
Ketema Beyecha Hundie
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Comparative evaluation of biochemical parameters and mineral composition of Cucurbita ficifolia, C. maxima and C. moschata fruit, grown in the northern hemisphere

Овощи России, 2022
Fruit peel/pulp distribution of biologically active compounds is an important characteristic of plant physiology and the basis of zero waste production in agriculture. Among C. ficifolia, C. maxima and C.
A. V. Goncharov, N. A. Golubkina, V. F. Pivovarov, I. N. Gasparian, G. Caruso   +4 more
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Resistance of Cucurbita spp. germplasm tothe fungus Macrophomina phaseolina

Revista Ciência Agronômica, 2021
The objective of this study was to evaluate genotypes of Cucurbita moschata and Cucurbita maxima for resistance to the fungus Macrophomina phaseolina (Taissi) Goid.
Fernanda Larisse dos Santos Lima, Michele Barboza, Márcia Michelle de Queiroz Ambrósio, Neilza Reis Castro de Albuquerque, Glauber Henrique de Sousa Nunes, Aurélio Paes Barros Júnior, Geovane de Almeida Nogueira, Lindomar Maria da Silveira   +7 more
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Genome Wide Characterization, Comparative and Genetic Diversity Analysis of Simple Sequence Repeats in Cucurbita Species

Horticulturae, 2021
Simple sequence repeats (SSRs) are widely used in mapping constructions and comparative and genetic diversity analyses. Here, 103,056 SSR loci were found in Cucurbita species by in silico PCR.
Lei Zhu, Huayu Zhu, Yanman Li, Yong Wang, Xiangbin Wu, Jintao Li, Zhenli Zhang, Yanjiao Wang, Jianbin Hu, Sen Yang, Luming Yang, Shouru Sun   +11 more
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Variedades locales y criterios de selección de especies domesticadas del género Cucurbita (Cucurbitaceae) en los Andes Centrales del Perú: Tomayquichua, Huánuco

Botan‪ical Sciences, 2020
Antecedentes: Es importante entender las prácticas agrícolas y los criterios de selección que moldean la diversidad de variedades locales en plantas domesticadas. La región andina comparte con la región mesoamericana y Norteamérica los centros de origen
Josué Barrera-Redondo, Helena S. Hernández-Rosales, Delicia Verónica Cañedo-Torres, Katia Aréstegui Alegria, Juan Torres-Guevara, Fabiola Alexandra Parra-Rondinel, Ignacio Torres-García, Alejandro Casas   +7 more
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