Environmental effects on genetic variation of chilling resistance in cucumber

• Published in: Euphytica Vol. 97; no. 2; pp. 217 - 225
• Main Authors: Smeets, L, Wehner, T.C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer 01.01.1997; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adaptation to environment and cultivation conditions; Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; Biological and medical sciences; chilling injury; cold tolerance; cooling; cotyledons; Cucumbers; Cucumis sativus; Cultivars; Environmental conditions; Environmental effects; Environmental factors; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Genetic diversity; genetic variation; Genetics and breeding of economic plants; genotype-environment interaction; irrigation scheduling; Leaves; light intensity; lines; photoperiod; Resistance to control; screening; Seedlings; temperature; Varietal selection. Specialized plant breeding, plant breeding aims; Genetic variability; Cold resistance; Cucurbitaceae; Temperature effect; Environmental factor; Cucumis sativus; Screening; Breeding line; Controlled environment study; Sensitivity resistance; Vegetable crop; Dicotyledones; Genetic improvement; Angiospermae; Environmental effect; Spermatophyta; Intraspecific comparison; Cultivar

Environmental effects on genetic variation for chilling resistance were studied in nine cultivars and breeding lines (referred to as cultigens hereafter) of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.). Five experiments were carried out in controlled-environment chambers to measure the effects of growth temperatur...