Cucurbit-Related World Wide Web Sites
It is impossible for us to be sure all of these sites are operational at any given time. If you find a closed site or if you would like to submit a new cucurbit-related site, please e-mail us.
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative is for researchers interested in genetics and breeding of economically important cucurbits. It includes gene lists and gene nomenclature and plans to archive online all back issues of The Vegetable Improvement Newsletter (1959–1982) and the CGC Report (1978–present).
NewCROP, the New Crop Resource Online Program, Indiana Center for New Crops & Plant Products at the Department of Horticulture, Purdue University, profiles numerous major and specialty crops throughout the world along with their researchers in an indexed, searchable database format.
Cooperative Extension Services
These partnerships between the U.S. Department of Agriculture, state and local governments, along with private industry, have Web sites at land grant universities. They provide a wealth of research-based, objective horticultural information on a regional basis, but information for wider audiences may be found here as well. The best we have seen for cucurbit horticultural information are the following:
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Global Agribusiness Information Network, part of Fintrac Inc., an agribusiness consulting firm headquartered in Washington, D.C., supplies information on markets and postharvest handling of cucurbits and other plant products.
Cucurbit Pathology
Vegetable MD Online—Cucurbit Diseases Fact Sheets
University of California Pest Management Guidelines—Cucurbits
Cultivar Descriptions
Seed & Plant Companies (some with online catalogs) and Seed Savers. (Click here to see this list).
Commercial Sites
Gourd Societies
Gourd Enthusiasts (Mostly Lagenaria or Bottle Gourd), for the Growing and Crafting of Gourds
- Apple Gourds by Rick Fiala
- Cobblestone Mill in central California grows gourds and uses the unique art of decopauge to create “Deco Gourds.”
- The Golden Gourd Web Ring, a Web ring of dozens of sites
- Gourd Art by Earth Essence, Lisa Larriba's gourd art
- Gourd Artist's Guild by J. K. Stacy Designs
- Gourds by Jeanie Dixon, growing, painting, and crafts by Jeanie Dixon of Washington State
- Oko'a Gourds and Pottery, sells Hawaiian grown gourds with traditional Polynesian designs
- SouthWest Creations carries gourd artists' works
- The Uncommon Gourd, located in Montana, sells gourd art and crafts
- Eva Walsh, decorative gourd and fiber artist
- Bonnie Gibson, Arizona Gourd Creations of unique Southwestern gourd art
Giant Cucurbits
- BigPumpkins.com has information on growing giant pumpkins and message boards, chat rooms, grower diaries, a how to section, etc.
- Giant Pumpkin Web Ring, a growing ring of around 50 sites (at last check) devoted to giant pumpkin growing.
- Atlantic Giant Genetics Cooperative by Mike Nepereny.
- Giant Pumpkins
- Giant Urban Pumpkin Growers of America
- Growing Giant Pumpkins In The Home Garden by David A. Mangione, Pickaway County Extension, Ohio State University Extension Fact Sheet
- Growing Giant Watermelons by Bob Dwyer
- Holland's Land 'O' Giants
- Pumpkin Nook—Everything about pumpkins: growing, Halloween, recipes, facts, history, fun and games and more by Bob Matthews.
- The Pumpkin Patch—Atlantic Giant Pumpkins by Duncan McAlpine
- Nic Welty's Giant Pumpkin Page
- World Class Giant Pumpkins by Dan Gardner. DISCONTINUED.
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