Chilling Sensitivity in Cucumber Seedlings: Ethylene Production

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 18:21-22 (article 10) 1995 Jianhui Liu and Hongwen Cui Department of Horticulture, Northwestern Agricultural University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, P.R. China Chilling injury can occur during cucumber production (2). The most feasible method of increasing the chilling resistance of crop plants is by genetic manipulation. Breeding for chilling resistance requires a method […]

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Correlation Between Parents and F1 Progeny in Earliness Heterosis and the Estimation of Traits Limits of Parents

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 15:13-16 (article 6) 1992 Hongwen Cui, Yongtao Qi, Jianhui Liu and Zhongbo Ren Department of Horticulture, Northwestern Agricultural University, Yangling, Shaanxi 172100, P.R. China Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) is one of the important summer vegetables in China. There is an urgent requirement for early cultivars of cucumber for use in plastic […]

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