Table 2. Striped cucumber beetle damage in field and greenhouse (GH) trials of mixed-harvest C. pepo cultivar panel.

Subspecies	Damagea,b				Market class	Damagea,c				Cultivard,e	Seed sourcef	Damagea,c
	Field		GH			Field		GH				Field		GH
C. pepo subsp. texana	3.7	a	3	a	Scallop	3	a	4.8	ab	Golden Bush Scallopβ	SO	1	a	3	ab
										Flying Saucer	JS	3	a	9	a–c
										Yellow Scallopβ	SW	3	a	5	a–c
										Woods Prolific Bush Scallopβ	SE	5	a	2	ab
					Straightneck	3.7	a	0.8	a	Cougarα	HS	3	a	1	a
										Multipikβ	HS	3	ab	1	a
										Superpik	HS	3	a	1	a
										Early Prolific Straightneckαβ	SO	4	ab	0	a
										Success PMα	HM	5	ab	1	ab
					Acorn/Delicata	4.3	a	3.6	ab	Honey Bear	JS	2	ab	3	ab
										Jester	JS	2	ab	2	ab
										Sugar Loafαβ	NG	3	ab	2	ab
										Royal Aceαβ	HS	4	ab	2	ab
										Bush Delicata	CU	4	a	1	ab
										Zeppelin	WG	5	ab	7	a–c
										Honeyboat	OS	6	ab	10	a–c
										Sweet REBAβ	CU	9	a–c	2	ab
C. pepo subsp. pepo	23.3	b	10.9	b	Pumpkin	12.3	b	8.2	bc	Racerβ	JS	9	a–c	9	a–c
										Triple Treatβ	BR	10	a–c	9	a–c
										Magic Lantern	HS	11	a–c	5	a–c
										Aladdin	HS	14	a–d	9	a–c
										Howden	HS	20	b–e	9	a–c
					Zucchini	34.4	c	13.7	c	Dunja	JS	22	c–e	10	a–c
										Rewardβ	OS	32	de	13	a–c
										Black Beautyαβ	TS	32	de	4	a–c
										Zucchini Elite	HS	33	e	20	bc
										Golden Zucchini	SE	54	f	22	c

Abbreviations: BR, Burpee, Warminster, PA, USA; CU, Cornell University produced seed, Ithaca, NY, USA; HS, Harris Seeds, Rochester, NY, USA; HM, High Mowing Organic Seeds, Wolcott, VT, USA; JS, Johnny’s Selected Seeds, Winslow, ME, USA; NG, Nichols Garden Nursery, Albany, OR, USA; OS, Osborne Seed Company, LLC, Mount Vernon, WA, USA; SE, Seed Savers Exchange, Decorah, IA, USA; SO, Southern Exposure Seed Exchange, Mineral, VA, USA; SW, Sow True Seeds, Asheville, NC, USA; TS, Territorial Seed Company, Cottage Grove, OR, USA; WG, Wild Garden Seed, Philomath, OR, USA.

^aDamage is reported as the least mean square average percent defoliation.

^bMeans followed by different letters are significantly different at P<0.001 using Student’s t-test.

^cMeans followed by different letters are significantly different at P<0.05 using a Tukey’s HSD test.

^dn=15 for field trials unless indicated by ^α symbol: ‘Cougar’ n=9; ‘Early Prolific Straightneck’ n=14; ‘Success PM’ n=14; ‘Sugar Loaf’ n=7; ‘Royal Ace’ n=14; ‘Black Beauty’ n=14.

^en=12 for greenhouse trials unless indicated by ^β symbol: ‘Golden Bush Scallop’ n=11; ‘Yellow Scallop’ n=9; ‘Woods Prolific Bush Scallop’ n=11; ‘Multipik’ n=11; ‘Early Prolific Straightneck’ n=10; ‘Sugar Loaf’ n=7; ‘Royal Ace’ n=11; ‘Sweet REBA’ n=10; ‘Racer’ n=10; ‘Triple Treat’ n=10; ‘Reward’ n=6; ‘Black Beauty’ n=8.

^fLetters represent source of seed.