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Horticulturae, 2022 Cucurbita species can be affected by soil-borne pathogens, such as Phytopthora capsici and Fusarium solani f. sp. cucurbitae (Fsc). Diverse commercial and conserved lines of Cucurbita spp. were tested. C. pepo subsp.
Alejandro Ayala-Doñas +2 more
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Cultivar-Based Introgression Mapping Reveals Wild Species-Derived Pm-0, the Major Powdery Mildew Resistance Locus in Squash. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Powdery mildew is a major fungal disease on squash and pumpkin (Cucurbita spp.) in the US and throughout the world. Genetic resistance to the disease is not known to occur naturally within Cucurbita pepo and only infrequently in Cucurbita moschata, but ...
William L Holdsworth +4 more
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Horticulturae, 2021 The effects of mycorrhiza, Thiobacillus and Nitroxin (Azotobacter and Azospirillum sp.) biofertilizers under drought stress conditions with four levels of field capacity (FC) (control(100%), 85%, 70%, and 50%) on the antioxidant enzyme activities of ...
S. Najafi +5 more
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Preparations from selected cucurbit vegetables as antiplatelet agents
Scientific Reports, 2021 Increased blood platelet activation plays an important role in cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). Recent experiments indicate that certain fruits and vegetables, including onion, garlic, and beetroot, have anti-platelet potential and therefore may reduce ...
Agata Rolnik +3 more
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Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 Powdery mildew is one of the most destructive diseases and the major cause to the production losses of cucurbit worldwide. A number of strategies have been developed and applied to discover suitable and safer methods to manage the occurrence of powdery ...
Shu-Wu Zhang +3 more
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Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of the VQ gene family in Cucurbita pepo L.
PeerJ, 2022 VQ protein is a plant specific protein, which plays an important role in plant growth and development and biological and abiotic stress response. This study aimed to systematically analyze for the first time the VQ of Cucurbita pepo and understand their ...
Ke Xu, Ping Wang
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Heritability Estimates of L*a*b* Color Space Values in Winter Squash (Cucurbita spp.)
HortScience, 2022 Carotenoids serve as protective antioxidants, and function in normal vision, bone growth, cell division and differentiation, and reproduction. Winter squash (Cucurbita spp.) is an excellent dietary source of carotenoids.
Rachel A. Itle +2 more
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Heliyon, 2022 Medicinal plants are often used to treat malaria in different parts of Nigeria and exploiting these can unravel new therapeutic leads. This study evaluated the antiplasmodial potential of selected plants used to treat malaria in Nsukka, Enugu state ...
C. Ezeani +5 more
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EVALUATION OF ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF FLAVONOIDS EXTRACT FROM CUCURBITA PEPO LEAVES [PDF]
Basrah Journal of Veterinary Research, 2010 Investigation of antibacterial activity of flavonoids extract of Cucurbita pepo was carried out in this study on Gram positive and Gram negative pathogenic bacteria.
Nawras Abdulelih Alwan +4 more
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Microbiome-Assisted Breeding to Understand Cultivar-Dependent Assembly in Cucurbita pepo
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 Recently, it was shown that long-term plant breeding does not only shape plant characteristics but also impacts plant-associated microbiota substantially. This requires a microbiome-integrative breeding approach, which was not yet shown.
P. Kusstatscher +6 more
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