Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 7:19-20 (article 9) 1984 D.B. Rubino and T.C. Wehner Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7609 Early generation testing would benefit cucumber breeders by allowing poor lines to be discarded early in the inbreeding process. Often, lines are self pollinated six generations before testing. That method wastes […]
D.B. Rubino
Effect of Inbreeding on Horticultural Performance of Cucumber Families Developed from a Variable Population
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 7:21-22 (article 10) 1984 D.B. Rubino and T.C. Wehner Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7609 Species of the Cucurbitaceae have been reported to exhibit little inbreeding depression (1). However, Ghaderi and Lower (3) reported that in 5 of 6 crosses of cucumber, heterozygosis had significant positive […]