Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 21:16-17 (article 6) 1998 Meng Zhang, Hongwen Cui and Sheng Zhao Department of Horticulture, Northwestern Agriculture University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P.R. China Introduction. Heat tolerance of cultivars in cucumber is a very important character for mid-summer and early autumn production in north China (1,2). If one could distinguish the tolerance of […]
Cucumber Reports
Ethylene Production and the Evaluation of Tolerance to Low-temperature in Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 21:14-15 (article 5) 1998 Yu Shuancang Beijing Vegetable Research Center. Beijing, 100081, P.R. China Cui Hongwen Department of Horticulture. Northwestern Agricultural University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P.R. China Introduction. As apparently universal response to stress by plants is the production of ethylene. In addition to “normal” production of ethylene, as in fruit […]
The Relationship Between Low-Temperature Germination and Chilling tolerance in Cucumber
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 21:11-13 (article 4) 1998 Jianguo Li Tropical Horticulture Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agriculture Science, Danzhou, Hainan, 571737, P.R. China Hongwen Cui and Meng Zhang Horticultural Department, Northwestern Agricultural University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P.R. China Introduction. It is very important to improve chilling tolerance in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.). In China, […]
Effects of Copper Seedcoat Agent on Cucumber Germination and Seedling Growth
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 21:8-10 (article 3) 1998 Meng Huanwen¹, Cui Hongwen¹, Cheng Zhihui, and He Danrao² ¹Horticultural Department, Northwestern Agricultural University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, P.R. China ²Garden Afforestration Brigade, Muidanjiang City, Heilongjiang, 157000. P.R. China Introduction. Copper, one of the trace elements in plants (1), is essential to the normal growth of vegetables. Cucumber […]
Paternal Inheritance of Mitochondrial DNA in Cucumber: Confirmation by PCR Method
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 21:6-7 (article 2) 1998 S. Matsuura and H. Mizusawa Tohoiu Seed Company, 1625 Himuro, Nishihara, Utsunomiya 321-3232, Japan K. Kadowaki Department of Molecular Genetics, National Institute of Agrobiological Resources, Kannondai 2-1-2, Tsukuba, 305-0856, Japan Introduction. In cucumber, we have reported that mitochondrial DNAs are inherited paternally in sexual propagation (1). Since […]
1998 Cucumber Report
CGC Report No. 21 Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) Relationships among Putative Botanical Varieties in Cucumber Jinsheng Liu (P.R. China) and Jack E. Staub (USA) CGC 21:1-5 (1998) Paternal Inheritance of Mitochondrial DNA in Cucumber: Confirmation by PCR Method S. Matsuura, H. Mizusawa and K. Kadowaki (Japan) CGC 21:6-7 (1998) Effects of Copper Seedcoat Agent on Cucumber […]
Relationships Among Putative Botanical Varieties in Cucumber
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 21:1-5 (article 1) 1998 Jinsheng Liu Agricultural Division, Jiangsu State Farms Groiup Corporation, No. 1 Zhu Jiang Road, Nanjing, 210008, P. R. China Jack E. Staub Vegetable Crops Research Unit, USDA/ARS, Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 U.S.A. Introduction. Research using populations developed from diverse breeding lines indicates low […]
1997 Cucumber Reports
CGC Report No. 20 Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) Independent Segregation Among 11 Gene Loci in Cucumber Todd C. Wehner and J.S. Liu (USA) CGC 20:1-2 (1997) Biochemical Changes in Cucumber Seeds during Germination Meng Huanwen, Cheng Zhihui and Cui Hongwen (China) CGC 20:3 (1997) Ultra-weak Luminescence and Chilling-tolerance of Germinating Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) Seeds Yu Shuancang, […]
Attempts at Colchicine Doubling of an Interspecific Hybrid of Cucumis sativus L. x C. hystrix Chakr.
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 20:24-26 (article 12) 1997 J.F. Chen and J.E. Staub Vegetable Crops Research Unit, USDA/ARS, Departments of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI. 53706 U.S.A. Introduction. Traditional approaches for interspecific hybridization have been used in Cucumis. These include growth regulator application (Custer and den Nijs, 1986), pollen irradiation (Beharav and Cohen, 1994), use […]
In Vitro Colchicine Application of Haploid Cucumber Plants
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 20:21-23 (article 11) 1997 G. Caglar Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, University of K.S.U., 46060, Kahramanmaras, Turkey K. Abak Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Cukurova, 01330, Adana, Turkey Introduction: Recently, haploid cucumber plants (n=7) have been obtained from in vitro haploid embryo culture. The recovery of haploid […]