Rendimiento y desempeño hortícola de semillas desnudas de calabaza en el sur de Florida by Geoffrey Meru, Yuqing Fu, Monique Scoggin, Carlos F. Balerdi, Laura Vasquez, Teresa Olczyk

“… Las semillas de calabaza (Cucurbita pepo L.) con una fina cubierta se llaman semillas desnudas y se han convertido en un ingrediente popular para la elaboración de alimentos. …”
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Cambios en la producción y consumo de viandas en Cuba by Norma Helen Juárez

“…The focus of analysis was the use of "viandas", a term constituting a food group composed of various roots, tubers, rhizomes, banana and squash of the genuses Maníhot, discorea, Xanthosoma, ipomoea, solanum, colocasia, musa y cucúrbita. Except for the potato (Solanum tuberosum Sw), the different varieties of viandas, are well adapted to the climatic conditions of the country, all of which are considered essential products both gastronomically and with respect to the nutrition of the Cuban people. …”
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Yield and horticultural performance of seed-oil pumpkin in south Florida by Geoffrey Meru, Yuqing Fu

“… Naked seeds derived from ‘naked-seed’ pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo L.) are a popular ingredient in many snacks, breads, breakfast cereal, soups and other edible goods (Baxter et al. 2012; Loy 2004). …”
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Yield and horticultural performance of seed-oil pumpkin in south Florida by Geoffrey Meru, Yuqing Fu

“… Naked seeds derived from ‘naked-seed’ pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo L.) are a popular ingredient in many snacks, breads, breakfast cereal, soups and other edible goods (Baxter et al. 2012; Loy 2004). …”
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Optimization of African indigenous vegetables production in sub Saharan Africa: a review by Jefline J. Kodzwa, Godwil Madamombe, Esther N. Masvaya, Justice Nyamangara

“…Amaranthus, Cleome gynandra, Bidens pilosa, Abelmoschus esculentus, Vigna unguiculata, Cucurbita spp. and Corchorus molitorius are some of the most consumed AIVs in sub-Saharan Africa. …”
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Marmara Bölgesi Kabak Üretim Alanlarında Tobacco Mosaic Virus İzolatlarının Yaygınlığı ve Moleküler Karakterizasyonu by Ali Karanfil

“…Ülkemizde de farklı konukçularda etmenin varlığı tespit edilmesine rağmen kabak bitkilerinde (Cucurbita spp.) TMV enfeksiyon durumu ve izolatlarının genetik çeşitliliğine yönelik gerçekleştirilmiş bir çalışma bulunmamaktadır. …”
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In Vitro Bioaccessibility of the Vitamin B Series from Thermally Processed Leafy African Indigenous Vegetables by Zipporah M. Onyambu, Mildred P. Nawiri, Hudson N. Nyambaka, Naumih M. Noah

“…Five commonly consumed indigenous vegetables, Cleome gynadra, Vigna unguilata, Amaranthus viridis, Basella alba, and Cucurbita maxima, were processed by boiling and/or frying, treated to in vitro gastrointestinal digestion procedure, and levels of vitamin B series determined before and after treatment. …”
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Preparation of Sheepskin Unhairing Extracts from Locally Available Plants: Cleaner Leather Processing by Zerihun Teshome, Fitsum Etefa Ahmed, Tamrat Tesfaye, Lioul Getachew, Awoke Fenta Wodag, Misganaw Bitew

“…In different proportions, unhairing extracts were obtained from Phytolacca dodecandra leaves, Cucurbita foetidissima fruits, and Solanum incanum fruits. …”
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Pollination deficits increase with urbanization in Chicago by Alexandra Zink, Paul J. CaraDonna, Kelly Larsen, Amy M. Iler

“…We therefore grew 240 plants across six sites at varying levels of urbanization in Chicago, Illinois, to investigate how urbanization relates to pollination of Cucurbita pepo (squash) and the buzz‐pollinated Solanum lycopersicum (tomato). …”
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Emerging Anthelmintic Resistance in Poultry: Can Ethnopharmacological Approaches Offer a Solution? by Zirintunda, Gerald, Biryomumaisho, Savino, Keneth Iceland, Kasozi, Batiha, Gaber El-Saber, Kateregga, John, Vudriko, Patrick, Nalule, Sarah, Olila, Deogracious, Mariam Kajoba, Mariam, Matama, Kevin, Kwizera, Mercy Rukundo, Ghoneim, Mohammed M., Abdelhamid, Mahmoud, Alshehri, Sultan, Abdelgawad, Mohamed A., Acai-Okwee, James, Zaghlool, Sameh S.

“…Berg are known to disrupt mitochondrial ATP production. Terpenoids from Cucurbita moschata L disrupt neurotransmission leading to paralysis as well as disruption of egg hatching. …”
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DIVERSITY OF THE PUMPKIN COLLECTION AND ITS HEREDITARY POTENTIAL. RESULTS AND PROSPECTS OF BREEDING PRACTICE by A. G. Elatskova

“…Targeted breeding efforts resulted in releasing cultivars of Cucurbita pepo L., C. maxima Duch. and C. moschata Duch. ex. …”
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بررسی اثرات پیوند و کم آبیاری بر عملکرد و اجزای عملکرد و بهره‌وری آب در هندوانه by عبدالستار دارابی, شهرام امیدواری

“…این دو پایه، هیبرید بین گونه‌ای کدو حلوایی(Cucurbita moshcata) و کدو تنبل(Cucurbita maxima) می‌باشند. …”
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The milpa, from Mesoamerica to present days, a multicropping traditional agricultural system serving agroecology by Vazeux-Blumental, Noa, Manicacci, Domenica, Tenaillon, Maud

“…The association of maize (Zea mays ssp. mays), common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), and squash (Cucurbita ssp.) within the milpa represents the most emblematic multi-cropping subsistence system of Mesoamerica. …”
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Effect of Cowpea and Pumpkin Powders on the Physicofunctional Properties, Total Phenolic Content, Antioxidant Activity, and Consumer Acceptability of Soup by Nyarai Mungofa, Daniso Beswa

“…Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) and pumpkin (Cucurbita maxima) play a pivotal role as affordable, nutritious food sources for humans. …”
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Bioactive Sesquiterpenoids from <i>Santolina chamaecyparissus</i> L. Flowers: Chemical Profiling and Antifungal Activity Against <i>Neocosmospora</i> Species by Eva Sánchez-Hernández, Jesús Martín-Gil, Vicente González-García, José Casanova-Gascón, Pablo Martín-Ramos

“…A higher dose (3000 μg·mL⁻¹) was nonetheless required to achieve full protection in the in planta tests conducted on zucchini (<i>Cucurbita pepo</i> L.) cv. ‘Diamant F1’ and tomato (<i>Solanum lycopersicum</i> L.) cv. …”
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Biomass and Yield in Solanum lycopersicum Expressing a Synthetic Photorespiration Pathway by Laura Dougherty, Bret Cooper, James Bunce, Bryan Vinyard, John Stommel

“…The tomato cultivar Moneymaker was transformed with a synthetic photorespiration pathway construct containing a Cucurbita maxima malate synthase (MS) gene and a Chlamydomonas reinhardtii glycolate dehydrogenase (CrGDH) gene targeted to the chloroplast, with a plastid glycolate-glycerate translocator 1 (PLGG1) hairpin interference construct targeting the native photorespiratory pathway. …”
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Synthesis of MgFe2O4 Nanoparticles and its Application for Photodegradation of Methylene Blue by Dede Sukandar, Adawiah Adawiah, Saeful Rohman, Shella Fitria, Nanda Saridewi, Salman Farishi, Nurhasni Nurhasni, Isalmi Aziz, Yulyani Nur Azizah

“…This study aims to synthesize MgFe2O4 nanoparticles with pumpkin seed extract (Cucurbita moschata) as a capping agent through a hydrothermal method. …”
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Cloning and Expression Characteristics of BhARF4 Gene in Wax Gourd (Benincasa hispida) by Xiaoxin CHENG, Xuling ZHAI, Jinqiang YAN, Baochen WANG, Renliang MO, Wenrui LIU, Zhiming WU, Biao JIANG

“…The phylogenetic analysis revealed that the BhARF4 protein exhibited the highest degree of similarity to the ARF4 protein derived from cucumber and melon, while displaying the most distant relationship to those from Arabidopsis thaliana and Cucurbita moschata. The gene expression pattern analysis revealed that the expression of ARF4 was highest in melon, while lower in wax gourd and cucumber among the four Cucurbitaceae crops. …”
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Deterministic and stochastic effects drive the gut microbial diversity in cucurbit-feeding fruit flies (Diptera, Tephritidae). by Wouter Hendrycks, Nele Mullens, Jackline Bakengesa, Sija Kabota, Jenipher Tairo, Thierry Backeljau, Ramadhani Majubwa, Maulid Mwatawala, Marc De Meyer, Massimiliano Virgilio

“…In this study, we investigated the role of deterministic and stochastic processes in shaping the assembly of the larval microbiome of three tephritid fruit fly species (Dacus bivittatus, D. ciliatus, Zeugodacus cucurbitae). We found that deterministic and stochastic processes play a considerable role in shaping the larval gut microbiome. …”
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Pumpkin and watermelon production constraints and management practices in Uganda by Fred B. Masika, Titus Alicai, Hussein Shimelis, Gabriel Ddamulira, Shahasi Y. Athman, Perpetua Ipulet, Morgan Andama, Arthur K. Tugume

“…The whitefly (Bemisia tabaci, Gennadius), order hemiptera family aleyrodidae, aphids (Myzus Persicae, Sulzer), order hemiptera family aphidadae, melon fly (Bactrocera cucurbitae, Coquillett), order diptera family tephritidae and cutworm (Agrotis ipsilon, Hufnagel), order lepidoptera family noctuidae, were reported as the most limiting pests of watermelon and pumpkin production. …”
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