Turgid flowers are essential for good fruit and seed set in cucumber

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 16:3-4 (article 2) 1993 R. Szegedi, I. Cserni and P. Milotay Vegetable Crops Research Institute, 6000 Kecskemet, P.O.B. 116, Hungary Fruit number per unit area and shape is generally a good predictor of seed cucumber yield. In short-fruited varieties most of the available ovules are fertilized under optimum conditions resulting in […]

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Some Relationships Among Fruit and Seed Properties in Seed-bearing Cucumbers of Different Types

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:10-11 (article 4) 1991 P. Milotay, L. Kecskemeti and I. Cserni Vegetable Crops Research Institute, 6000 Kecskemet, Hungary Seed yield in the field for new breeding lines is generally estimated by collecting random fruit samples from unit areas and measuring seed weight after processing. Fruit size and shape, and the proportion […]

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