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. […]
E.K. Horst
Cucumis hardwickii: A Source of Germplasm for the Cucumber Breeder
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 1:5 (article 4) 1978 E. K. Horst and R. L. Lower North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27650 Cucumis hardwickii, an annual monoecious cucurbit species resembling C. sativus, hybridizes readily with C. sativus, producing a fertile F1 with no observed reduction of fertility in the F2. C. hardwickii sets larger numbers of fruit per plant […]