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Parthenocarpic pickling cucumbers have been selected after crossing pickling and slicing cucumbers. On the best lines 90% of the female flowers set fruit (up to 75 fruits per plant within six weeks). At declining daylength productivity decreased, mainly because of a reduced flower initiation and partly by a reduced parthenocarpic potential.
The correlation between several selection criteria and the possibilities of preselection of young plants is discussed.
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de Ponti, O.M.B. Breeding parthenocarpic pickling cucumbers (Cucumis sativus L.): Necessity, genetical possibilities, environmental influences and selection criteria. Euphytica 25, 29–40 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00041526
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