Cultivar and Germplasm Releases (all crops)

Dr. Todd C. Wehner

Many cultigens (cultivars and germplasm releases) have been made available to agriculture from the program.

Crops that we are working on include: pickling and slicing cucumber (starting 1979), luffa sponge gourd (starting 1993), mini and picnic watermelon (starting 1996), specialty melon, including Sprite type and pickling melon (starting 2002), and high rebaudioside stevia (starting 2014).

  • Total: 100 cultigens
  • Fresh-market (slicing) Cucumber Populations (4)
    • NCWBS, NCMBS, and NCES1 slicing cucumber populations
    • NCBA1 special cucumber population
  • Fresh-market (slicing) Cucumber Inbred Lines (5)
    • Lucia nematode resistant inbred
    • NC-58, NC-59, NC-62, NC-63 slicing cucumber inbreds
  • Fresh-market (slicing) Cucumber Hybrids (2)
    • NC-Stratford, NC-Sunshine determinate slicing cucumber hybrids
  • Patio / Pollenizer Pickling (processing) Cucumber Inbred Line (4)
    • NC-74, NC-75, NC-25, NC-26 determinate patio / pollenizer pickling cucumber inbred
  • Patio / Pollenizer Pickling (processing) Cucumber Hybrids (2)
    • NC-Danbury, NC-Eldorado determinate patio / pollenizer pickling cucumber hybrid
  • Pickling (processing) Cucumber Populations (4)
    • NCWBP, NCMBP, and NCEP1 pickling cucumber populations
    • NCH1 special cucumber population
  • Pickling (processing) Cucumber Chilling Tolerant Inbred Lines (13)
    • Gabrielle (ARS ChBC3) pickling gynoecious chilling tolerant
    • Kodie (ARS ChBC5) pickling monoecious chilling tolerant
    • Saira (ARS ChBC4) pickling gynoecious chilling tolerant
    • ARS IBL ChBC2S4-10 pickling monoecious chilling tolerant
    • ARS IBL ChBC2S4-14 pickling predominantly gynoecious chilling tolerant
    • ARS IBL ChBC2S4-17 pickling predominantly gynoecious chilling tolerant
    • ARS IBL ChBC2S4-34 pickling gynoecious chilling tolerant
    • ARS IBL ChBC2S4-64 pickling gynoecious chilling tolerant
    • ARS IBL ChBC2S4-81 pickling gynoecious chilling tolerant
    • ARS IBL ChBC2S4-96 pickling gynoecious chilling tolerant
    • ARS IBL ChBC2S4-101 pickling gynoecious chilling tolerant
    • ARS IBL ChBC2S4-105 pickling gynoecious chilling tolerant
    • ARS IBL ChBC2S5-28 pickling monoecious chilling tolerant
  • Pickling (processing) Cucumber Inbred Lines (11)
    • Gy 4, Gy 5 pickling cucumber inbreds
    • M 17, NC-42, NC-43 nematode resistant inbreds
    • NC-54, NC-55, NC-56, NC-57 pickling cucumber inbreds
    • Manteo, Shelby nematode resistant inbreds
  • Pickling (processing) Cucumber Hybrids (6)
    • Raleigh, Johnston pickling cucumber hybrids
    • Fremont, Endeavor pickling cucumber hybrids
    • NC-Davie, NC-Duplin determinate pickling cucumber hybrids
  • Specialty Melon (Sprite type) Inbred Lines (7)
    • NC-301, NC-302, NC-303 oriental crisp-flesh white-skinned melon inbreds
    • NC-304, NC-305, NC-306, NC-309 oriental crisp-flesh yellow-skinned melon inbreds
  • Specialty Melon (Sprite type) Hybrids (4)
    • NC-Sparta, NC-Sapphire, NC-Star, NC-Stella oriental crisp-flesh white-skinned melon hybrids
  • Watermelon inbred line (7)
    • PI 525088-PMR powdery mildew resistant watermelon inbred
    • NC-GSB-524W, NC-GSB-527W, NC-GSB-528W, NC-GSB-530W, NC-GSB-531W, and NC-GSB-532W watermelon lines with gummy stem blight resistance and good fruit quality
  • Stevia clones (31)
    • NC-1101, NC-1103, NC-1104, NC-1105, NC-1106, NC-1107, NC-1108, NC-1109, NC-1110, NC-1111, NC-1112, NC-1113, NC-1114, NC-1116, NC-1117, NC-1118, NC-1119, NC-1120, NC-1122, NC-1123, NC-1124, NC-1125, NC-1126, NC-1127, NC-1128, NC-1129, NC-1130, NC-1131, NC-1132, NC-1133, NC-1134 stevia clone