Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 17:27-29 (article 8) 1994 Mingan Yin and Hongwen Cui Department of Horticulture, Northwestern Agricultural University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, P.R. China Early maturity and high yield is an important objective in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) breeding programs. The early yield of cucumber is complicated by its quantitative nature and is affected by […]
Cucumber Reports
Some Morphological Parameters Involving the Mechanism of Early Yield in Cucumber
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 17:24-26 (article 7) 1994 Meng Zhang and Hongwen Cui Department of Horticulture, Northwestern Agricultural University, YangLing, Shaanxi 712100, P.R. China With the development of a market economy in China, increased attention is now being given to early maturity breeding. In the past, only a few traits were selected during hybrid development. […]
Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) Mutations III. Young Yellow Leaf Mutant
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 17:21-23 (article 6) 1994 M. Rucipska, K. Neimirowicz-Szczytt and A. Korzeniewska Department of Genetics and Horticultural Plant Breeding, Warsaw Agriculture University – SGGW, 02-766 Warsaw, Poland Our collection of chemicaly induced cucumber mutants presented hitherto in the Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative (CGC) Report and in the proceedings of the 9192 Eucarpia Cucurbitaceae […]
The Xishuangbanna Gourd (Cucumis sativus var. xishuangbannesis Qi et Yuan), a Traditionally Cultivated Plant 9of the Hanai people, Xishuangbanna, Yunan, China
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 17:18-20 (article 5) 1994 Chen Jinfeng, Zhang Shenglin and Zhang Xinguo Southwest Agricultural University, Chongquig, 630716, P.R. China Introduction. Xishuangbanna gourd (Cucumis sativus L. var. xishuangbannesis Qi et Yuan) is an special type of cucumber traditionally cultivated by the Hani people on the mountainous level at about 1000 meters above sea […]
Cucumber Cultivar Cluster Analysis
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 17:14-17 (article 4) 1994 Hongwen Cui and Meng Zhang and Junjun Deng Department of Horticulture, Northwestern Agricultural University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P.R. China; Xi’an Vegetable Research Institute, Shaanxi 710068 P.R. China Cultivar genetic clustering resulting from differences in trait expression can be the basis for parental selection in hybrid breeding programs. […]
A Set of Cucumbers to Represent the American Market
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 17:12-13 (article 3) 1994 Todd C. Wehner Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7609 I often receive requests for a set of cultigens (cultivars, breeding lines and plant introduction accessions) that represents the diversity of the American cucumber market. The cultigen set might be used for testing […]
A Core Collection for Cucumber: A Starting Point
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 17:6-11 (article 2) 1994 J.E. Staub Vegetable Crops Research, USDA/ARS, Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI 53706 James McCreight and I have recently returned from a plant collection trip to India (McCreight and Staub, 1993). This collection trip increased the number of accessions in each of the U.S. cucumber and […]
A Core Collection for Cucumber: To Be or Not To Be
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 17:1-5 (article 1) 1994 J.E. Staub Vegetable Crops Research, USDA/ARS, Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI 53706 U.S.A. In the recent past there have been discussions among scientists interested in germplasm management regarding the definition and construction of core collections for agronomic and horticultural crop species (Brown 1989a,b; Frankel and […]
Application of factor analysis to cucumber breeding
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 16:27-29 (article 9) 1993 Meng Zhang and Hongwen Cui Department of Horticulture, Northwestern Agricultural University, Yangling Shanxi, 712100, P.R. China Cucumber breeding objectives suggested by the “Chinese Cucumber Breeding Cooperation Team” include the development of an early maturing, high yielding cucumber which is resistant to anthracnose, fusarium wilt and downy mildew […]
Diallel analysis of cucumber germination at optimum and suboptimal temperatures
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 16:22-26 (article 8) 1993 P. Milotay Vegetable Crops Research Institute, 6000 Kecskemet, P.O.B. 116, Hungary Germination of cucumber seeds under cool weather conditions is frequently erratic resulting in poor, or non-uniform emergence. cucumber seeds germinate rapidly between 20-30C, however there is a sharp reduction in germination percentage and initial seedling development […]