Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 9:15-17 (article 5) 1986 N.S. Robbins and D.M. Pharr Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, N.C. 27695-7609 Several recent studies have suggested that fruit yield in cucumber might be limited by photoassimilate supply (1, 2). Changes in potential for photoassimilate production are related to photosynthetic rate per unit […]
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Variation of Galactinol Synthase Activity in Cucumber Leaves
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 6:25-26 (article 13) 1983 D. M. Pharr, T. C. Wehner, L. W. Handley, and H. N. Sox North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27650 Galactinol synthase (GS) catalizes the following reaction in cucumber leaves: UDP-galactose + myoinositol galactinol + UDP Galactinol is the immediate substrate from which galactose is transferred to […]
Interspecific Grafting to Promote Flowering in Cucumis hardwickii
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 2:11-12 (article 7) 1979 J. Nienhuis and R. L. Lower University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 D. M. Pharr North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27650 Cucumis hardwickii Royle is thought to be either a feral or progenitor species of the cultivated cucumber, C. sativus L. It is currently being evaluated in our breeding […]
Effects of Silver Nitrate and Gibberellic Acid on Gynoecious Cucumber
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 1:8-9 (article 6) 1978 R. L. Lower, D. M. Pharr and E. K. Horst North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27650 Research by Beyer (1) and by De Ponti and Kho (2) discuss the effects of silver nitrate alone, and in combination with gibberellic acid, respectively, on sex expression of cucumber. […]