Breeding strategies for enhancing nutrient content and quality in Cucurbitaceae: a review

WNSS Wan Shafiin, NL Ablah… - … Journal of Vegetable …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Micronutrient malnutrition is a major problem in developing countries affecting women,
children and infants. Biofortification, improved soil health and waste management …

Heterosis and combining ability for yield and quality traits in monoecious, gynoecious and parthenocarpic parental lines of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) under …

P Kumari, RK Dhall, N Garg, R Lnu, P Singathiya - Euphytica, 2024 - Springer
The present study was conducted to find out high yield and good quality cucumber hybrids
which can further be released for cultivation in the tropics under open filed conditions …

Heterosis breeding exploiting gynoecy in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L)

CK Airina - 2013 - 14.139.185.57
The present study 'Heterosis breeding exploiting gynoecy in cucumber (Cucumis sativus
L.)'was carried out at Department of Olericulture, College of Horticulture, Kerala Agricultural …

Utilizing novel parthenocarpic gynoecious cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) inbreds for exploiting their heterotic potential under poly-house conditions

V Thapliyal, RK Dhall, P Manchanda, H Kaur - Euphytica, 2023 - Springer
The present study was conducted with the objective to obtain high yielding, early maturing
and appropriate fruit size parthenocarpic gynoecious cucumber hybrids for poly-net house …

Genetic control of economic traits and evidence of economic heterosis in crosses involving monoecious cucumber genotypes

SP Das, AR Mandal, PK Maurya… - … Journal of Vegetable …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) hybrid could be acceptable to growers of
tropical and subtropical climates if it is a high yielder with good fruit quality, and has …

[PDF][PDF] Combining Ability Studies in Cucumber (Cucumis sa-tivus L.)

R Prashant, N Adivappar, V Srinivasa… - Int. J. Pure App …, 2018 - researchgate.net
The present study on combining ability for yield and its components was carried out in a set
of 27 F1 hybrids of cucumber obtained from a line× tester method involving 12 diverse …

Study of heterosis and combining ability for earliness and vegetative traits in Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)

R Tiwari, DK Singh - Journal of Applied and Natural …, 2016 - journals.ansfoundation.org
The present investigation was undertaken to investigate the extent of heterosis and
combining ability on earliness, vegetative traits and yield of Cucumber. A field experiment …

Breeding new pickling cucumber hybrids: A. Morphological characterization and genetic studies

EB El-Remaly, A El-Hakim, H Ismail… - Egyptian Journal of …, 2021 - journals.ekb.eg
Vegetable breeding is one of the most important ways to ensure food security. The current
study was conducted on five inbred lines to obtain 10 F1 pickling cucumber hybrids using …

Assessment of combining ability of watermelon germplasm derived from diverse geographic origin for yield and quality traits

A Singh, D Singh, R Singh, SK Jindal - Genetika, 2022 - doiserbia.nb.rs
A study was conducted to assess the combining ability of diverse genotypes of watermelon
in a line x tester mating design at the Vegetable research farm, Department of Vegetable …

Egyptian cucumber germplasm genetic diversity as an approach for developing novel hybrids under heat stress conditions

E El-Remaly, ASA Shehata - Journal of Plant Production, 2023 - journals.ekb.eg
Climate changes are critical global challenges limiting crop development and productivity.
Plant breeding is an exceptional solution for providing thermotolerant genotypes. Plant …