Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 12:16-17 (article 6) 1989 Todd C. Wehner and Rufus R. Horton, Jr. Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7609 Munger reported that pistillate flowers of cucumber could be pollinated successfully up to 24 hours after they opened in the Philippines and in his New York greenhouses, but […]
Month: July 1989
Source-Sink Relationships in Cucumber
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 12:11-14 (article 5) 1989 Jack E. Staub USDA, ARS, Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 Average yield of cucumber (Cucumis sativus var. sativus L) in the United States has increased from approximately 65 (1920) to 200 (1980) bushels per acre (1). Much of that yield improvement was the […]
Cucumber Yield Improvement Through Breeding in the Southeast U.S.A.
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 12:9-10 (article 4) 1989 Todd C. Wehner Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7609 It is of interest to cucumber breeders in the U.S.A. to determine how much progress they have made in the improvement of yield. yield is a complex trait, and is affected by sex […]
1989 Gene List for Cucumber
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 12:91-103 (article 38) 1989 Lawrence K. Pierce and Todd C. Wehner Agrigenetics, California (first author); Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7609 (second author) Lists of the known genes for the Cucurbitaceae have been published previously in HortScience and the report of the Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative. However, […]