Have a personal or library account? Click to login
Low temperature seed germination of cucumber: genetic basis of the tolerance trait Cover

Low temperature seed germination of cucumber: genetic basis of the tolerance trait

Open Access
|Feb 2014

References

  1. Cabrera R.M., Saltveit Jr. M.E., Owens K. 1992. Cucumber cultivars differ in their response to chilling temperatures. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 117: 802-807.10.21273/JASHS.117.5.802
  2. Chung S.M., Staub J.E., Fazio G. 2003. Inheritance of chilling injury: a maternally inherited trait in cucumber. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 128: 526-530.10.21273/JASHS.128.4.0526
  3. De Vos D.A., Hill R.R. Jr., Hepler R.W., Garwood D.L. 1981. Inheritance of low temperature sprouting ability in F1 tomato crosses. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 106: 352-355.10.21273/JASHS.106.3.352
  4. Foolad M.R., Lin G.Y. 1998. Genetic analysis of low-temperature tolerance during germination in tomato, Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. Plant Breeding 117: 171-176. DOI:10.1111/j.1439-0523.1998.tb01473.x.10.1111/j.1439-0523.1998.tb01473.x
  5. Foolad M.R., Lin G.Y. 2001. Relationship between cold tolerance during seed germination and vegetative growth in tomato: analysis of response and correlated response to selection. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 126: 216-220.10.21273/JASHS.126.2.216
  6. Hutton M.G., Loy B.J. 1992. Inheritance of cold germinability in muskmelon. HortScience 27: 826-829.10.21273/HORTSCI.27.7.826
  7. Kozik E.U., Kłosińska U., Wehner T.C. 2007. New sources of chilling resistance in cucumber. In: Nowaczyk P. (Ed.), Spontaneous and induced variation for the genetic improvement of horticultural crops. University Press, University of Technology and Life Sciences, Bydgoszcz, Poland, pp. 227-232.
  8. Kozik E.U., Wehner T.C. 2008. A single dominant gene Ch for chilling resistance in cucumber seedlings. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 133: 225-227.10.21273/JASHS.133.2.225
  9. Kozik E.U., Kłosińska U., Wehner T.C. 2010. Progress in the development of cucumber breeding lines with low-temperature resistance. In: Thies J.A., Kousik S., Levi A. (Eds.), Cucurbitaceae 2010 Proc. Charleston, SC, US, pp. 46-49.
  10. Kozik E.U., Kłosińska U., Wehner T.C. 2012. Inheritance of low temperature seed germination ability in cucumber. In: Proc. of 10th Eucarpia International Meeting on Genetics and Breeding Cucurbitaceae 2012, Antalya, Turkey, pp. 575-578.
  11. Li J., Cui H., Zhang M. 1998. The relationship between low-temperature germination and chilling tolerance in cucumber. Cucurbit Genet. Coop. Rpt. 21: 11-13.
  12. Lower R.L. 1975. Measurement and selection for cold tolerance in cucumber. Pickle Pak. Sci. 4: 8-11.
  13. Nerson H., Staub J.E, 1989. Low temperature germination in muskmelon is dominant. Cucurbit Genet. Coop. Rpt. 12: 50-51.
  14. Nienhuis J., Lower R.L. 1981. An estimate of the heritability of low temperature and seed germination in cucumber. Cucurbit Genet. Coop. Rpt. 4: 12-13.
  15. Ng T.J., Tigchelaar E.C. 1973. Inheritance of low temperature seed sprouting in tomato. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 98: 314-316.
  16. Røeggen O. 1987. Variation in minimum germination temperature for cultivars of bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) and tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum Mill.). Sci. Hortic. 33: 7-65. DOI: 10.1016/0304-4238(87)90032-X.10.1016/0304-4238(87)90032-X
  17. Smeets L., Wehner T.C. 1997. Environmental effects on genetic variation of chilling resistance in cucumber. Euphytica 97: 217-225.10.1023/A:1003084821178
  18. Smith P.G., Millet A.H. 1964. Germinating and sprouting responses of tomato at low temperatures. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 84: 480-484.
  19. Staub J.E., Wehner T.C. 1996. Temperature stress. In: Zitter T.A., Hopkins D.L., Thomas C.E. (Eds.), Compendium of cucurbit diseases. APS Press, St. Paul, MN, USA, pp 66-67.
  20. Wehner T.C. 1981. Screening for low-temperature germination ability in cucumber. HortScience 16: 399. (abstr.).
  21. Wehner T.C. 1982. Genetic variation for low-temperature germination ability in cucumber. Cucurbit Genet. Coop. Rpt. 5: 16-17.
  22. Wehner T.C. 1984. Estimates of heritabilities and variance components for low-temperature germination ability in cucumber. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 109: 664-667.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/johr-2013-0031 | Journal eISSN: 2353-3978 | Journal ISSN: 2300-5009
Language: English
Page range: 125 - 130
Published on: Feb 27, 2014
Published by: National Institute of Horticultural Research
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

© 2014 Urszula Kłosińska, Elżbieta U. Kozik, Marcin Nowicki, Todd C. Wehner, published by National Institute of Horticultural Research
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons License.