The Relationship Between ACC Synthase (CS-ACS2) and Monoecious Sex Phenotype in Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 22:1-2 (article 1) 1999 H. Mizusawa and S. Matsuura Tohoku Seed Co., 1625 Himuro, Nishihara, Utsunomiya 321-3232, Japan S. Kamachi and S. Sakai Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8527, Japan In Japan, monoecious cucumber is very popular, and there are commercial varieties that possess various degrees of monoecious […]

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Paternal Inheritance of Mitochondrial DNA in Cucumber: Confirmation by PCR Method

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 21:6-7 (article 2) 1998 S. Matsuura and H. Mizusawa Tohoiu Seed Company, 1625 Himuro, Nishihara, Utsunomiya 321-3232, Japan K. Kadowaki Department of Molecular Genetics, National Institute of Agrobiological Resources, Kannondai 2-1-2, Tsukuba, 305-0856, Japan Introduction. In cucumber, we have reported that mitochondrial DNAs are inherited paternally in sexual propagation (1). Since […]

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Correlation between Leaf Size and Horticultural Characteristics in Cucumber

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 19:21-22 (article 7) 1996 H. Mizusawa, N. Hirama and S. Matsurra Tohoku Seed Co. 1625, Himuro, Nishihara, Utsunomiya 321-32 Japan The little-leaf character was discovered in an inbred selection in Arkansas (1) and it was determined that this characteristic was controlled by single recessive genet at locus ll (3). Little-leaf (ll […]

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