Inheritance of Fruit Firmness in Genetically Parthenocarpic Pickling Cucumbers

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 17:35-37 (article 10) 1994 Kevin L. Cook and James R. Baggett, August C. Gabert Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, Sunseeds, Research Station, Brooks, OR 97305 Fruit firmness in genetically nonparthenocarpic cucumber has been reported as a highly heritable (h = 0.42-0.80) quantitative trait with additive gene effects […]

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Fruit Firmness and Quality of Parthenocarpic Versus Nonparthenocarpic Pickling Cucumber Cultivars.

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 17:30-34 (article 9) 1994 Kevin L. Cook, James R. Baggett, August C. Gabert Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331; Sunseeds, Research Station, Brooks, OR 97305 Parthenocarpic pickling cucumbers may be advantageous to conventional non-parthenocarpic cultivars due to their higher fruiting capacity and ability to produce fruit under poor […]

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