Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 22:11-13 (article 5) 1999 Huanwen Meng, Hongwen Cui, Yanfeng Zhang, Jing Su and Meng Zhang Horticultural Department, Northwest Agricultural University, Yang Ling, Shaanxi, P.R. China With the world wide development of salinizing soil, more attention has been paid to increasing a plant’s ability to undergo osmotic change (resistance) and withstand salinizing […]
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Transfer of Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) Plantlets Regenerated from in vitro Culture
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 22:5-7 (article 3) 1999 Hongwen Cui Department of Horticulture, Northwestern Agricultural University, Yangling Shaanxi, 712100, P.R. China Yuxiang Yuan Institute of Horticulture, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, 450002, P.R. China When plantelets grow in an environment of constant temperature, high humidity, low light intensity and sterile surroundings, they exhibit a […]
Genetic Path Analysis of Early Yield in Cucumber
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 22:1-2 (article 2) 1999 Meng Zhang, Xiaofen Wang and Hongwen Cui Department of Horticulture, Northwestern Agricultural university, Yangling Shaanxi, 712100, P.R. China Early high yield in cucumber would be an important way for solving the problem of the absence of fresh vegetables in spring cultivation in china. Thus, breeders have paid […]
Free Proline Contents and Catalase Activity in Cucumber Leaves at Elevated Temperatures
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 21:16-17 (article 6) 1998 Meng Zhang, Hongwen Cui and Sheng Zhao Department of Horticulture, Northwestern Agriculture University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P.R. China Introduction. Heat tolerance of cultivars in cucumber is a very important character for mid-summer and early autumn production in north China (1,2). If one could distinguish the tolerance of […]
The Relationship Between Low-Temperature Germination and Chilling tolerance in Cucumber
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 21:11-13 (article 4) 1998 Jianguo Li Tropical Horticulture Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agriculture Science, Danzhou, Hainan, 571737, P.R. China Hongwen Cui and Meng Zhang Horticultural Department, Northwestern Agricultural University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P.R. China Introduction. It is very important to improve chilling tolerance in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.). In China, […]
The Relationship between Papilla formation and Resistance of Cucumber to Sphaerotheca fuliginea (Schlect.) Poll.
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 19: 30-31 (article 11) 1996 Qing Ma, Hongwen Cui Department of Plant Protection, Northwestern Agricultural University, Yangling, Shaanzi,71200, P.R. China, Department of Horticulture, Northwestern Agricultural University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P.R. China Introduction. Papillae are the wall oppositions occurring between the cell wall and plasmalemma when fungal infection pegs penetrate a plant […]
The Evaluation of Cold Tolerance in Chinese Cucumber Varieties
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 19:27-29 (article 10) 1996 Zhongli Ji, Huanwen Meng and Hongwen Cui Northwestern Agricultural University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P.R. China Introduction. The northern part of China is in the temperate growing zone. The cold monsoons of the Northwest are responsible for a longer cold season in China than in other countries of […]
Effects of Calcium on Cucumber(Cucumis sativus L.) Seed Germination, Seed Storage and Seedling Growth
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 19:23-24 (article 8) 1996 Huanwen Meng, Zhihui Cheng and Hongwen Cui Department Horticulture, Northwestern Agricultural University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, P.R. China Introduction. Calcium is not only a macroelement, but one of the major regulators of plant metabolism (2,3). It has been reported that soaking peanut seeds with 30 mmol/l of Ca2+ […]
The Production of Buddha’s Hand in China
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 18:64-65 (article 30) 1995 Zhihui Cheng, Huanwen Meng, and Hongwen Cui Dept. of Hort., Northwestern Agricultural University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, P.R. China The Buddha’s hand (Sechium edule swart.) is a perennial root vegetable of Mexican origin. It is suitable for production in the tropic and subtropic regions. Its name comes from […]
Hisopathology of Cucumber Resistance to Downy Mildew
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 18:26-28 (article 12) 1995 Qing Ma, Hongwen Cui Department of Plant Protection, Northwestern Agricultural University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, P. R. China; Department of Horticulture, Northwestern Agricultural University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, P.R. China Downy mildew, Pseudoperonospora cubensis (Berk. et Curt.) Rastow, is the most destructive cucumber disease in China. Breeding for disease […]