ACTA AGRICULTURAE BOREALI-SINICA ›› 2001, Vol. 16 ›› Issue (1): 50-55. doi: 10.3321/j.issn:1000-7091.2001.01.010

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A Study on Growth and Development of Different Cucumber Varieties in Protected Culture

GAO Lihong, CHEN Qingjun, ZHANG Fuman   

  1. College of Hort iculture, China Agriculture University, Beijing 100094., China
  • Received:1999-09-06 Published:2001-03-28

Abstract: The growth and development of different cucumber varieties during autumn winter and winter spring season in protected culture were studied.The results indicated that:the Europe Asia hybrid strain has an advantage in growth,the fruit set and root system activity were higher than other cucumbers under faint light,the yield was obviously higher than the Asian's,the average yield was increased by 25.8% in winter spring and 27.6% in autumn winter.Although the Europe system cucumber has an advantage in numbers of female flower,the yields were different among varieties.

Key words: Cucumber, Growth, Development, Protected culture

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GAO Lihong, CHEN Qingjun, ZHANG Fuman. A Study on Growth and Development of Different Cucumber Varieties in Protected Culture[J]. ACTA AGRICULTURAE BOREALI-SINICA, 2001, 16(1): 50-55. doi: 10.3321/j.issn:1000-7091.2001.01.010.