| Sinnova Products - Cucumber |
Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) is one among the most important vegetable crops which is either consumed fresh known as slicing cucumber or processed known as pickling cucumber. The carotenoid pigments of cucurbit fruit colour are an important source of vitamin A. The growing requirement of cucumber in processing industries has necessitated SINNOVA to initiate crop improvement programme in cucumber. |
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| Strengths: |
| Wide range of germplasm collection of Asiatic and pickling types having |
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Earliness |
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Preferable fruit colour and shape |
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Gynoecious flowering habit |
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Resistance to Cucumber Green Mottled Mosaic Virus (CGMMV), Powdery Mildew (PM) and Downey Mildew (DM) |
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Slow seed maturity and extended shelf life |
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| Genetic enhancement programmes for development of lines with |
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High per se performance |
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Earliness |
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Extended shelf life |
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Gynoecious fruiting |
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Multiple resistance to diseases and pests |
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