Breeding High Female Lines Through Interspecific Hybridization of Cucurbita

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 8:78-79 (Article 30) 1985 Kwack, Soo Nyeon and Kunimitsu Fujieda University Farm, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Kasuyamachi, Fukuoka, Japan. The genetic variation available in C. maxima appears insufficient for high femaleness in sex expression. Interspecific crosses have been shown to increase genetic variation in Cucurbita (3). Crosses of C. pepo […]

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Facilitation of Self-pollination in Gynoecious Cucumber with Silver Nitrate Treatment of Cuttings

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 7:6-7 (article 2) 1984 Soo-Nyeon Kwack and Kunimitsu Fujieda University Farm, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Kasuyamachi, Fukuoka, Japan Obtaining self-pollinated seeds from gynoecious cucumber plants selected from segregating populations presents a serious problem for the plant breeder. In this study, we have investigated the application of gibberellic acid (GA) and […]

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