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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North Carolina State University Cucumber Germplasm and Cultivar Releases, 1957 to 1988

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 18:3-4 (article 2) 1995 Todd C. Wehner and Richard L. Lower Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7609, North Central Regional Association of State Agricultural Experiment Station Directors, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 North Carolina State University has had a breeding program on cucumber (Cucumis Sativus […]

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Production and Introduction of Cucurbit Crops in the Basin of the “Three Rivers” in Tibet, China

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 18:1-2 (article 1) 1995 Meng Zhang, Hongwen Cui and Jiangui Li Department of Horticulture, Northwestern Agricultural University, Yuangling Shaanxi, 71200, P.R. China The basin of the “Three Rivers” (the Yaluzangbu, Lhasa and Nyanchu rivers) is situated in the mid-south region of Tibet. It is the center of politics, economics, culture and […]

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A Seed Dryer for Cucumber Seeds

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 17:54-56 (article 14) 1994 Todd C. Wehner and Ervin G. Humphries Departments of Horticultural Science, and Biological and Agricultural Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695 A dryer was built using readily available parts for use in drying cucumber seeds from single-fruit harvest, as well as bulk increases from isolation […]

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Micropropagation of the Cucumber Hybrids ‘Brunex’ and ‘Bambina’

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 17:50-53 (article 13) 1994 G. Sapountzakis, A.S. Tsaftaris Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania, Greece; Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece The female parthenocarpic cucumber hybrids which are cultivated in greenhouses have considerable economic importance during the winter period in the European market. The plants are very […]

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Selection and Characterization of Salt-tolerant Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) plants using in vitro Culture

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 17:40-49 (article 12) 1994 A. Baszczyk-Guzek and M. Szwacka Department of Horticultural Plant Genetics and Breeding, Warsaw, and Agricultural University, Noworsynowska 166, 02-766 Warsaw, Poland Cucumber is a species for which methods of regeneration of in vitro cultures have been elaborated (Malepszy, 1988; Malepszy et al., 1986). Tissue culture provides opportunities […]

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Chilling Resistance of Five Cucurbit Species

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 17:38-39 (article 11) 1994 Todd C. Wehner and Zohair M. Mirdad Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7609 Genetic resistance to chilling in cucurbits would be useful for protection of seedlings against spring frost. Previous research on cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) indicated that it is chilling susceptible, […]

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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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