Cucumber Sex Expression Modified by 2-Chloroethanephosphonic Acid

20 December 1968

journal article
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Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science

Vol. 162 (3860), 1397-1398
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.162.3860.1397

Abstract

Application of 2-chloroethanephosphonic acid (120 to 240 parts per million) to monoecious cucumber plants when the first true leaf was 2 centimeters in diameter has resulted in as many as 19 continuous pistillate nodes. Control of the flowering habit simplifies the production of hybrid seed and offers the possibility of enhancing cucumber yields.

Keywords

SEX
CHLOROETHANEPHOSPHONIC
SIMPLIFIES
PISTILLATE
NODES
TRUE
SEED
CENTIMETERS
POSSIBILITY
MONOECIOUS

This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:

2-Haloethanephosphonic Acids as Ethylene Releasing Agents for the Induction of Flowering in Pineapples
Nature, 1968

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