Pumpkin (Cucurbita spp.): A Crop to Mitigate Food and Nutritional Challenges

M Hosen, MY Rafii, N Mazlan, M Jusoh, Y Oladosu… - Horticulturae, 2021 - mdpi.com
The world's food and agricultural programs have gradually declined into an unsustainable
situation due to challenges such as increase in world population, varied agro-climatic …

Mechanism of hybrid seed production in cucurbitaceous vegetables

T Pradeepkumar, DK Lekshmanan - Euphytica, 2024 - Springer
Cucurbits constitute the largest group of fruit vegetables, are widely distributed, and are
consumed for dessert as well as vegetable purposes in tropical and subtropical parts of the …

Assessment of genetic diversity in summer squash genotypes using some yield traits and DNA markers analysis under Sinai conditions

D Abd El-Moneim, MAAAB El… - Journal of Plant …, 2021 - journals.ekb.eg
Fourteen summer squash genotypes were used to assess their genetic diversity and
relationships using some yield traits (Fruit length, fruit diameter, fruit shape index, average …

Advances in Summer Squash (Cucurbita pepo L.) Molecular Breeding Strategies

AA Ibrahim, KFM Salem, MA Abdein… - Smart plant breeding for …, 2023 - Springer
Summer squash (Cucurbita pepo L.) is a self-pollinated crop belonging to Cucurbitaceae. It
is an annual crop that is grownup in tropical and subtropical areas. It is one of the most vital …

Heterosis and combining ability for development of squash hybrids (Cucurbita pepo L.)

AM El-Shoura, MY Abed - Journal of Plant Production, 2018 - journals.ekb.eg
The aim of this study is to evaluate a set of inbred lines and their hybrids and to determinate
the phenotypic and genotypic parameters. In addition, identify the heterosis and combining …

Molecular and phenotypic evaluation of some summer squash inbred lines

A El-Hadi, A El-Aziz, M Abd Alla… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2017 - journals.ekb.eg
In order to evaluate molecular and phenotypic diversity and detecting molecular markers for
six summer squash inbred lines belong to species [Cucurbita pepo L.], five RAPD and five …

Nature of gene action and heterotic performance for yield and yield components in summer squash (Cucurbita pepo L.)

AH Hussien - Journal of Plant Production, 2015 - journals.ekb.eg
Six inbred lines of summer squash representing wide range of variability in most of the
studied traits were utilized in a half diallel cross. The studied traits were Plant height, days to …

Interrelationship of squash characteristics under different environmental conditions

MFM Abdelkader, MA Abdein - Hortscience Journal of Suez …, 2023 - hjsc.journals.ekb.eg
Two locations trials were conducted to evaluate 14 imported genotypes of summer squash
(Cucurbita pepo) for some vegetative growth, flowering and yield traits during the summer …

[PDF][PDF] Performing some inbred lines of squash for earliness and vegetative growth traits in different locations

NA Al-Harbi, MA Abdein, EI El-Hallous… - Ecology Environment …, 2021 - researchgate.net
Significant differences were observed between the two locations for all studied traits except
both vinelength (VL) and number of leaves per plant (NoLP) traits. The results obtained over …

Production of open field new F1 hybrids squash (Cucurbita pepo L.) under Egyptian conditions

AM El-Shoura, AH Diab - Journal of Plant Production, 2022 - journals.ekb.eg
This study was carried out in El-Gemmieza Agriculture Research Station, Agriculture
Research Center, Horticulture Research Institute, El Gharbiah Governorate, Egypt, during …