Selection for Multiple Lateral Determinate Cucumber Genotypes

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 18:5-6 (article 3) 1995 J.E. Staub and L. Crubaugh Vegetable Crops Research, USDA/ARS, Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI 53706 U.S.A. Introduction. Manipulation of plant architecture with concomitant adjustments in plant population density can be utilized to increase the yield potential of cucumber. Determinate plants are homozygous recessive for a […]

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Screening of the Cucumber Germplasm Collection for Tolerance to Clomazone Herbicide

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 14:22-24 (article 9) 1991 J. Staub, L. Crubaugh, H. Baumgartner and H. Hopen Vegetable Crops Research, U. S. D. A. / A. R. S., Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706 and Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706 Weed competition is a major factor which limits yield in […]

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Use of Silver Thiosulfate as a Potential Tool for Testing Gynoecious Sex Stability in Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 10:18-20 (article 13) 1987 Staub, J.E. and L. Crubaugh U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service and Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) plants under stress. produce more staminate flowers than those grown under optimal conditions (1,2,4,8). For once-over mechanical harvest, processing cucumbers with […]

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Imposed Environmental Stresses and Their Relationship to Sex Expression in Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 10:11 (article 12) 1987 Staub, J. E. and L. Crubaugh U. S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service and Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 It has long been clear that environmental factors affect cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) fruit development (6), and sex expression (1,3,8). In a study […]

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