Thomas W. Whitaker

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Thomas W. Whitaker

Biology

#4619

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#6865

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#1697

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Horticulture

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#14

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Botany

#279

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#996

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#80

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According to Wikipedia, Thomas Wallace Whitaker was an American botanist and horticulturist who spent most of his career working as a geneticist for the United States Department of Agriculture . He specialized in the study of economically important plants such as squashes, investigating their systematics and resistance to disease.

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Cucurbits, Botany, Cultivation, and Utilization (1962) (302)
SQUASH AND GOURD BEES (PEPONAPIS, XENOGLOSSA) AND THE ORIGIN OF THE CULTIVATED CUCURBITA (1971) (144)
History and Distribution of the Cultivated Cucurbits in the Americas (1961) (122)
Chromosome number, polyploidy, and growth habit in California weeds. (1948) (121)
EVOLUTION IN THE GENUS CUCURBITA (1964) (81)
Origin and Evolution of the Cultivated Cucurbita (1975) (78)
Cytological and Phylogenetic Studies in the Cucurbitaceae (1933) (60)
THE GEOBOTANICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF POLYPLOIDY (1951) (58)
Interspecific hybridization in cucumis (1971) (57)
On the Quality of Evidence for Origin and Dispersal of Cultivated Plants [and Comments and Reply] (1973) (52)
American Origin of the Cultivated Cucurbits. I. Evidence from the Herbals. II. Survey of Old and Recent Botanical Evidence (1947) (48)
Oceanic drift of gourds-experimental observations. (1954) (41)
Plant Material from a Cave on the Rio Zape, Durango, Mexico (1962) (39)
SEX RATIO AND SEX EXPRESSION IN THE CULTIVATED CUCURBITS (1931) (38)
Cucurbit Materials from Three Caves Near Ocampo, Tamaulipas (1957) (37)
Interspecific genetic relationships in Lactuca. (1941) (35)
Identification and Significance of the Cucurbit Materials from Huaca Prieta, Peru (1949) (32)
Chromosome Constitution in Certain Monocotyledons (1934) (32)
Numerical taxonomy applied to Cucúrbita relationships. (1970) (30)
CRITICAL NOTES ON THE ORIGIN AND DOMESTICATION OF THE CULTIVATED SPECIES OF CUCURBITA (1946) (28)
CHROMOSOME NUMBERS IN CULTIVATED CUCURBITS (1930) (27)
The Origin of the Cultivated Cucurbita (1956) (27)
Cucurbits and cultures in the Americas (1965) (24)
Lettuce production in the United States (1974) (24)
The Occurrence of Tumors on Certain Nicotiana Hybrids (1934) (24)
CHROMOSOME NUMBER AND RELATIONSHIP IN THE MAGNOLIALES (1933) (24)
The Inheritance of Certain Characters in a Cross of Two American Species of Lactuca (1944) (23)
THE INHERITANCE OF CHLOROPHYLL DEFICIENCIESIn Cultivated Lettuce (1944) (22)
A species cross in Cucurbita. (1951) (21)
The inheritance of immunity from mildew (Bremia lactucae) in lettuce. (1940) (20)
THE XEROPHYTIC CUCURBITA OF NORTHWESTERN MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES (1969) (19)
Speciation in Uvularia (1934) (18)
FRAGMENTATION IN TRADESCANTIA (1936) (18)
Pre-historic cucurbits from the Valley of Oaxaca (1971) (17)
A NEW SPECIES OF CUCURBITA FROM ECUADOR (1968) (17)
Genetic and Chlorophyll Studies of a Yellow-Green Mutant in Muskmelon. (1952) (16)
Cytological Aspects of Grindelia Species (1935) (15)
Embroideries of the Early Nazca Period and the Crop Plants Depicted on Them (1947) (14)
Genetic control of leucine aminopeptidase and esterase isozymes in the interspecific cross Cucurbita ecuadorensis x C. maxima (1971) (13)
Shattering in Lettuce-Its Inheritance and Biological Significance (1954) (13)
Cucurbita mixta, Pang. Its Classification and Relationships (1956) (12)
AN INTERSPECIFIC CROSS IN CUCURBITA (C. LUNDELLIANA BAILEY × C. MOSCHATA DUCH) (1959) (11)
Lagenaria: A Pre-Columbian Cultivated Plant in the Americas (1948) (11)
Cucurbits in Andean Prehistory (1983) (11)
FERTILE GOURD-PUMPKIN HYBRIDSThe Inheritance of Factors for Shape and Color in Summer Squash-Gourd-Pumpkin Crosses of Cucurbita pepo (1932) (11)
A numerical taxonomic study of Cucurbita (1968) (10)
Carrot production in the United States. (1970) (10)
Salads for everyone—a look at the lettuce plant (1969) (10)
Cytological Studies in Lactuca (1941) (9)
An Improved Technic for the Examination of Chromosomes in Root Tip Smears (1934) (9)
Breeding and improvement of cucurbits. (1937) (9)
Prehistoric Squash (Cucurbita pepo L.) from the Salton Basin (1977) (9)
The Use of the Feulgen Technic with Certain Plant Materials (1939) (8)
Promotion of pistillate flowering inCucurbita by 2-chloroethylphosphonic acid (1970) (8)
A Note on the Longevity of Seed of Lagenaria siceraria (Mol.) Standl. After Floating in Sea Water (1961) (8)
Virus-like syndromes of Cucurbita species hybrids (1964) (7)
Chromosome numbers in the Cucurbitaceae. (7)
Campo and Jacumba: New cantaloupe varieties for the southwest (1965) (6)
The Buffalo Gourd: A New Potential Horticultural Crop (1978) (6)
The Chromosome Complement of Cyphomandra Betacea (1933) (6)
An acetocarmine technic for Cucurbita. (1954) (6)
A Karyo-Systematic Study of Robinia (1934) (6)
THE STRIATE-VEIN CHARACTER IN LETTUCE (1953) (5)
The genetics of leaf form in cultivated lettuce. I. The inheritance of lobing. (1950) (5)
Lettuce: Evolution of a Weedy Cinderella Presidential Address (1974) (5)
The Breeding of Vegetable Crops: Highlights of the Past Seventy-Five Years (1979) (5)
A SMEAR TECHNIC FOR THE CUCURBITACEAE (1950) (5)
Stages in the Evolution of Plant Species. (1952) (5)
NATURAL HYBRIDIZATION BETWEEN CUCURBITA DIGITATA AND C. PALMATA (1965) (5)
A CROSS BETWEEN AN ANNUAL SPECIES AND A PERENNIAL SPECIES OF CUCURBITA (1954) (4)
Ecological Aspects of the Cultivated Cucurbita1 (1968) (4)
Dedication: Henry A. Jones (1889–1981) Plant Breeder Extraordinaire (1983) (4)
An interspecific cross in Cucurbita: C. lundelliana bailey ×C. maxima duchesne (1962) (4)
Studies of Ovipositional Preference of Cabbage Looper on Progenies from a Cross between Cultivated Lettuce and Prickly Lettuce1 (1980) (4)
STUDIES ON THE PRECIPITIN REACTION IN PLANTS. IV. THE QUESTION OF ACQUIRED REACTIONS DUE TO GRAFTING (1933) (4)
Lettuce and its production. (1962) (4)
Collecting cultivated and wild Cucurbits in Mexico (1980) (4)
Evolution and Variation in Plants (1950) (4)
Control of powdery mildew… in cucumber… in squash (1968) (3)
Archaeological Cucurbitaceae from a Cave in Southern Baja California (1957) (3)
Studies on the Precipitin Reaction in Plants: III. a Biochemical Analysis of the "Normal Precipitin Reaction" (1933) (3)
Polyploidy in Echinocystis. (1950) (3)
Fungicides for control of cucurbit powdery mildew. (1976) (3)
Lettuce mosaic virus: … causes internal rib necrosis, … stimulates rusty brown discoloration … in cultivar climax (1973) (2)
Prehistoric cultivated cucurbits from the Viru Valley, Peru (1979) (2)
17. Endemism and Pre-Columbian Migration of the Bottle Gourd, Lagenaria siceraria (Mol.) Standi (1971) (2)
ULTRA-MODERN GENETICS (1952) (2)
Control of powdery mildew on cantaloupe (1967) (2)
Field and Cage Tests with Polyhedrosis Viruses for Control of the Cabbage Looper (1971) (2)
Cucurbits from Preceramic Levels at Guila Naquitz. in Guila Naquitz (1986) (2)
Crown blight of cantaloupe: Experimental plots established in Imperial Valley to refute or confirm observations made in earlier studies of disorder (1957) (2)
Pottery and Cucurbita Species (1967) (1)
Contributions of applied science to the lettuce industry of the southwest (1953) (1)
Genes of the Cucurbitaceae1 (1976) (1)
Cucurbits@@@Cucurbits: Botany, Cultivation and Utilization (1964) (1)
A new host for the cucurbit powdery mildew fungus (1961) (1)
Variety trials of cos or romaine lettuce in San Diego County (1963) (1)
Book Review:Forest Soils and Forest Growth. S. A. Wilde (1947) (0)
Demonstrating Downy Mildew (Bremia Lactucae) in Lettuce (1943) (0)
Of Plants and People. (1986) (0)
Plant Growth.L. Edwin Yocum (1946) (0)
DISCUSSION. USES OF AERATED CEMENT GROUT AND MORTAR IN STABILIZATION OF SLIPS IN EMBANKMENTS, LARGE-SCALE TUNNEL REPAIRS, AND OTHER WORKS. (1956) (0)
Letters to the Editor (1969) (0)
J. T. Rosa, Jr. (1895-1928) Pioneer in Vegetable Crop Research1 (1976) (0)
A smear technic for the Cucurbitacae. (1950) (0)
Host-parasite Interrelations of Lactuca saligna L. and the Cabbage Looper, Trichoplusia ni (Hubner)1 (1974) (0)
Cucurbits in Lübeck (1978) (0)
Internal rib necrosis head lettuce in Imperial Valley (1970) (0)
PLANT BREEDING AND CYTOGENETICS (1958) (0)
Mexico’s West Coast Winter Vegetable Industry (1977) (0)
Book Review:Methods of Plant Breeding. Herbert Kendall Hayes, Forrest Rhinehart Immer, David Clyde Smith (1956) (0)
Tailoring vegetable crops to order. (1968) (0)
Book review (1982) (0)
Backcrossing for Plant Breeders (1953) (0)
Cantaloupe crown blight study: Observations reveal disease to be severe on all commercial varieties of spring harvested cantaloupes in desert regions (1957) (0)
The effect of indol-aeetic acid on fruit-setting in musk-melons. (1940) (0)
Differential Oviposition of Cabbage Loopers on Lettuce1 (1973) (0)
1980 Distinguished Economic Botanist (1980) (0)
Lettuce: variety evaluation. (1960) (0)
Cabbage Looper Oviposition and Survival of Progeny on Leafy Vegetables1 (1976) (0)
Hippeastrum culture, 1958 to 1985 (1985) (0)
Collecting Lettuce Germplasm in Turkey and Greece (1983) (0)
Shade and Ornamental Tree Research1 (1974) (0)

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