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	Evaluation of gynoecious cucumber (Cucumis sativus) hybrids for early-summer greenhouse production in western Indian arid plains
	Kumar, Pradeep; Khapte, P. S.; Saxena, Anurag; Kumar, Praveen
通讯作者	Kumar, Pradeep
来源期刊	INDIAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
ISSN	0019-5022
出版年	2019
卷号	89 期号:3 页码:545-550
英文摘要	A great stride is witnessed in area expansion under protected cultivation, particularly in arid-western parts of India, where cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) is a predominant greenhouse crop. The early-summer crop of cucumber is highly remunerative owing to high prevailing market price. In current study, efforts were made to select suitable greenhouse cucumber hybrids for early season harvest under western Indian arid plains. Growth, yield and commercial quality traits of seven commercial gynoecious and parthenocarpic (seedless) cucumber hybrids were studied under greenhouse condition during 2015-16. Among the hybrids evaluated for early summer greenhouse production, Terminator was more precocious for fruit harvest (36 days after transplanting) followed by Rica and Dinamik. The per plant fruit yield was highest in Ekron (5.3 kg) followed by Terminator (4.2 kg). The vine length, leaf size and leaf dry weight were also found to be highest in Ekron, followed by Terminator. The fruit appearance, taste and texture, and overall consumer's acceptability were also determined, which were found better in Rica, Terminator and Dinamik. Despite exhibiting highest production related traits, Ekron measured least score for sensory parameters, especially the fruit appearance due to presence of rudimentary spines on skin, and also the taste. Fruit pericarp thickness and dry matter content were significantly higher in Ekron but the values were at par with that recorded for Terminator and a few other hybrids. The character association analysis reveals that per plant fruit yield had significant positive correlation with vine length, leaf size, foliar (stem+leaf) dry mass and mean fruit weight. Based on targeted characters for earliness, fruit yield and commercial quality of evaluated hybrids, it is concluded that Terminator followed by Rica were highly suitable for early summer production under protected condition in western arid plains of India.
英文关键词	Arid Cucumber Early Greenhouse Yield
类型	Article
语种	英语
国家	India
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000460627000025
WOS类目	Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
WOS研究方向	Agriculture
来源机构	ICAR Central Arid Zone Research Institute
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/216270
作者单位	ICAR Cent Arid Zone Res Inst, Div Integrated Farming Syst, Jodhpur 342003, Rajasthan, India
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Kumar, Pradeep,Khapte, P. S.,Saxena, Anurag,et al. Evaluation of gynoecious cucumber (Cucumis sativus) hybrids for early-summer greenhouse production in western Indian arid plains[J]. ICAR Central Arid Zone Research Institute,2019,89(3):545-550.
APA	Kumar, Pradeep,Khapte, P. S.,Saxena, Anurag,&Kumar, Praveen.(2019).Evaluation of gynoecious cucumber (Cucumis sativus) hybrids for early-summer greenhouse production in western Indian arid plains.INDIAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES,89(3),545-550.
MLA	Kumar, Pradeep,et al."Evaluation of gynoecious cucumber (Cucumis sativus) hybrids for early-summer greenhouse production in western Indian arid plains".INDIAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES 89.3(2019):545-550.