Vegetable cultivar descriptions for North America List 28

Authors: Mou, Beiquan; Eriksen, Renee

Submitted to: HortScience
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 6/2/2022
Publication Date: 7/25/2022
Citation: Mou, B., Eriksen, R.L. 2022. Vegetable cultivar descriptions for North America List 28. HortScience. 57(8):949-1040. https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI.57.8.949.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI.57.8.949

Interpretive Summary: The list of the North American vegetable cultivars was developed using the database of the Plant Variety Protection (PVP) Office (https://apps.ams.usda.gov/CMS/), published descriptions from scientific journals, seed catalogs, and websites of seed companies, as well as inputs from vegetable breeders. Assistant editors responsible for each crop were instructed to obtain as much information as possible about the cultivars available to North American growers. The crop species are listed alphabetically, with cultivars listed alphabetically within each of those. Crops listed include amaranth, asparagus, bean-dry, bean-garden, bean-lima, bean-mung, beet, Brussels sprout, cabbage, cabbage-Chinese, carrot, celery, chickpea, collard, cucumber, eggplant, leek, lettuce, melon, onion, parsnip, pea-green, potato, pumpkin, rutabaga, shallot, Southern pea (cowpea), soybean, spinach, squash, sweet corn, sweet potato, Swiss chard, tomato, and turnip, a total of 35 vegetable crops. The information about each cultivar is presented in a standard format that includes the cultivar name, experimental designation, breeder, vendor, parentage, plant characteristics, disease and other resistances, similar cultivars, areas of adaptation, plant variety protection information, reference information, and year of release. In many cases, complete information was not available for the cultivars included in the list. The list provides a useful reference for vegetable breeders, seedsmen, researchers, producers, growers, and the public.

Technical Abstract: The list of the North American vegetable cultivars was developed using the database of the Plant Variety Protection (PVP) Office (https://apps.ams.usda.gov/CMS/), published descriptions from scientific journals, seed catalogs, and websites of seed companies, as well as inputs from vegetable breeders. Assistant editors responsible for each crop were instructed to obtain as much information as possible about the cultivars available to North American growers. The crop species are listed alphabetically, with cultivars listed alphabetically within each of those. Crops listed include amaranth, asparagus, bean-dry, bean-garden, bean-lima, bean-mung, beet, Brussels sprout, cabbage, cabbage-Chinese, carrot, celery, chickpea, collard, cucumber, eggplant, leek, lettuce, melon, onion, parsnip, pea-green, potato, pumpkin, rutabaga, shallot, Southern pea (cowpea), soybean, spinach, squash, sweet corn, sweet potato, Swiss chard, tomato, and turnip, a total of 35 vegetable crops. The information about each cultivar is presented in a standard format that includes the cultivar name, experimental designation, breeder, vendor, parentage, plant characteristics, disease and other resistances, similar cultivars, areas of adaptation, plant variety protection information, reference information, and year of release. In many cases, complete information was not available for the cultivars included in the list. The list provides a useful reference for vegetable breeders, seedsmen, researchers, producers, growers, and the public.