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QTL mapping of parthenocarpic fruit set in North American processing cucumber.
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik - 1 Dec 2016
Lietzow Calvin D, Zhu Huayu, Pandey Sudhakar, Havey Michael J, Weng Yiqun
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KEY MESSAGE: Through a novel phenotyping method, four QTLs were consistently associated with increased parthenocarpic fruit set in North American processing cucumber that accounted for over 75 % of observed phenotypic variation. Parthenocarpy is a desirable trait with potential for increasing yield and quality in processing cucumber production. Although many successful parthenocarpic fresh market cucumber...
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