Effects of Location and Grade Size on the Length/Diameter Ratio of Pickling Cucumbers 

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 8:29-30 (Article 11) 1985 Tolla, G. E. Campbell Institute for Research and Technology, Napoleon, OH 43545 The length/diameter ratio (L/D) of pickling cucumber fruit is important to the cucumber processing industry. For small grade size fruit (less than 27 mm dia), which are packed whole by the processing industry, a L/D […]

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Induction of Perfect Flowers on Gynoecious Muskmelon by Silver Nitrate and Aminoethoxyvinylglycine

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 3:35-36 (article 20) 1980 K. W. Owens, C. E. Peterson and G. E. Tolla University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 (first and second authors); Campbell Institute of Agricultural Research, Napoleon, OH 43545 (third author) Recently, several hormones have been found to induce staminate flowers on gynoecious cucumber: silver nitrate (AgNO3) (1, […]

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Complementation Between Two Perfect Flowered Mutants in Cucumber

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 3:12-13 (article 7) 1980 A.F. Iezzoni and C.E Peterson University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 G.E. Tolla Campbell Institute of Agricultural Research, Napoleon, OH 43545 In 1928, Rosa reported simple inheritance for flower type in cucumber: M/- plants have pistillate flowers and m/m plants have perfect flowers. Over the past several years, we have […]

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