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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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 […]
The Relationship Between Storage Time and Viability of Cucumber Seeds (Cucumis sativus L.)
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 18:16 (article 7) 1995 Huanwen Meng, Zhihui Cheng, Hongwen Cui and Engrang Zhang Department of Horticulture, Northwestern Agricultural University, Yang Ling, Saanxi 712100, P.R. China Introduction. Although it is well known that plant seeds will lose their vigor and viability during storage, there is a saying in China that the potential […]
Principal Component Analysis for Traits Selection in Cucumber Breeding
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 18:10-12 (article 5) 1995 Hongwen Cui, Meng Zhang, and Huanwen Meng; Junjun Deng Department of Horticulture, Northwestern Agricultural University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P.R. China; Xi’an Vegetable Research Institute, Shaanzi, 71200, P.R. China It is not easy to select for numerous traits during crop improvement (3). Principal component analysis (PCA) is a […]