"Cucurbita" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A plant genus of the family CUCURBITACEAE, order Violales, subclass Dilleniidae, which includes pumpkin, gourd and squash.
| Descriptor ID |
D028464
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.650.940.800.575.912.250.300.222
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| Concept/Terms |
Squash Plant- Squash Plant
- Plant, Squash
- Plants, Squash
- Squash Plants
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cucurbita" by people in Profiles.
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Zhang C, Postma JA, York LM, Lynch JP. Root foraging elicits niche complementarity-dependent yield advantage in the ancient 'three sisters' (maize/bean/squash) polyculture. Ann Bot. 2014 Dec; 114(8):1719-33.
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Postma JA, Lynch JP. Complementarity in root architecture for nutrient uptake in ancient maize/bean and maize/bean/squash polycultures. Ann Bot. 2012 Jul; 110(2):521-34.
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Mattina MI, Eitzer BD, Iannucci-Berger W, Lee WY, White JC. Plant uptake and translocation of highly weathered, soil-bound technical chlordane residues: data from field and rhizotron studies. Environ Toxicol Chem. 2004 Nov; 23(11):2756-62.
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White JC, Mattina MI, Lee WY, Eitzer BD, Iannucci-Berger W. Role of organic acids in enhancing the desorption and uptake of weathered p,p'-DDE by Cucurbita pepo. Environ Pollut. 2003; 124(1):71-80.