North Carolina is a leading producer of field-grown cucumbers (Cucumis sativus L.) in the United States. In the 2001 to 2003, North Carolina ranked second in the production of processing (pickling) cucumbers, after Michigan, with approximately 74,700 Mg harvested per year. In the same period, North Carolina ranked fifth in the production of fresh-market (slicing) […]
Katharine B. Perry
Optimum Heat Unit Summation Technique for Harvest Prediction of Fresh-Market and Pickling Cucumbers in North Carolina
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 8:9-11 (Article 4) 1985 Perry, Katharine B. and Todd C. Wehner Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 27695-7609 Heat unit summation techniques have found widespread applicability for predicting stages of development for many horticultural and agronomic crops (3). Boswell (2) first documented the concept of heat summations […]