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Soil

       Fertilizer

       Irrigation

       Support, Training and Pruning

       Weed Control

       7. FRUIT AND SEED PRODUCTION

       Controlling Sex Expression

       Pollination

       Harvesting

       Postharvest Handling and Storage

       8. CUCURBITS FOR HUMAN HEALTH

       Introduction

       Moisture and Solids Content in Fruit

       Carbohydrates

       Proteins and Oils

       Vitamins, Minerals and Secondary Compounds

       Antinutrients and Pharmacology

       9. DISEASES AND NEMATODES

       Introduction

       Bacterial and Phytoplasma Diseases

       Fungal and Oomycete Diseases

       Nematodes

       Viral Diseases

       10. INSECTS AND SPIDER MITES

       Cucumber Beetles

       Cucumber Moth (Cucurbit Caterpillar)

       Cutworms

       Darkling Ground Beetles

       Epilachna Beetles

       Glasshouse Whitefly

       Leafminer

       Leaf-footed Bug

       Leafhoppers

       Melon Aphid

       Melon Fruit Fly

       Oriental Fruit Fly

       Pickleworm

       Red Pumpkin Beetle

       Spider Mites

       Squash Bug

       Squash Vine Borer

       Sweet Potato Whitefly

       Thrips

       Wireworms

       11. ABIOTIC STRESSES

       Bitter Fruit

       Cold (Chilling Tolerance)

       Drought (Water Deficit)

       Flooding (Excess Water)

       Heat

       Nutrient Deficiencies and Excesses

       Pollination Problems

       Salinity

       APPENDIX: COMMON CUCURBIT NAMES AND THEIR SCIENTIFIC NAME EQUIVALENTS

       Sorted by common name

       Sorted by scientific name

       REFERENCES

       INDEX

PREFACE

      Scientists attempt to make the world more understandable, enjoyable and usable for all. Horticulture is an important practical science with a long history. Although humans have been doing informal crop improvement for 12,000 years, scientific plant breeding did not begin until the late 17th century. Centuries of evolution have produced a diverse plant kingdom, requiring more detailed studies of distinct parts of the plant world to maximize our knowledge and use of individual crops.

      The Cucurbitaceae is one of the most genetically diverse groups of crops in the plant kingdom. As a family and as individual crops, cucurbits epitomize adaptive differentiation and evolutionary divergence. Not only may cultivars within a crop vary significantly in their characteristics, but also the same cultivar grown in distinct areas can have different needs in response to diverse local growing conditions. Different cultures and ethnic groups have different cultivar preferences and horticultural practices, and that in turn increases the morphological diversity within the crop.

      Crop production science has moved from general to

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