The Influence Of Priming Two Cucumber Cultivar Seeds

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Genotypes
1
2
3
4
1 × 2
1 × 3
1 × 4
2 × 1
2 × 3
2 × 4
3 × 1
3 × 2
3 × 4
4 × 1
4 × 2
4 × 3
Plant height
(cm)
61.00
g
71.83
dg
74.50
cf
113.33
a
70.67
efg
66.17
fg
91.16
b
72.67
dg
83.83
bcd
92.00
b
81.16
be
83.17
bcd
75.33
cf
85.83
bc
92.00
b
81.83
be
No. of branches/
plant
9.33
a
7.83
ab
6.50
b
7.00
b
8.33
ab
7.83
ab
9.17
a
9.17
a
8.16
ab
8.33
ab
6.50
b
7.33
ab
8.00
ab
6.83
b
9.17
a
6.50
b
Table (2): Mean values of parents and hybrids for the studied traits.*
Date of
flowering
(day)
98.66
h
104.33
fg
111.33
bc
108.67
cde
98.33
h
103.33
fg
100.67
gh
101.33
gh
106.33
ef
106.66
def
106.67
def
112.67
b
117.33
a
99.33
h
110.33
bcd
110.67
bc
No. of flowers/
inflorescence
3.63
bcd
5.40
a
2.30
eh
1.86
fgh
3.73
bcd
3.60
bf
3.60
bf
3.96
bc
3.40
be
2.73
cf
1.30
gh
1.10
gh
1.40
gh
3.73
bcd
4.06
b
2.50
dg
Average wt.
of fruit (g)
55.73
f
59.45
ef
133.09
a
106.47
b
60.68
ef
96.39
bc
74.83
de
71.40
def
84.65
cd
81.78
cd
136.15
a
133.85
a
141.37
a
76.67
de
82.57
cd
105.31
b
No. of fruits/
plant
79.00
a
58.33
bc
23.11
e
22.55
e
60.22
b
41.33
d
53.67
bcd
47.67
bcd
41.78
d
43.66
cd
23.67
e
22.33
e
Total yield/
plant (kg)
4.40
a
3.47
abc
3.07
bcd
2.38
d
3.63
ab
3.92
ab
3.85
ab
3.32
bcd
3.48
abc
3.47
abc
3.20
bcd
2.97
bcd
Early yield/
plant (kg)
0.43
bc
0.50
bc
0.84
ab
0.42
bc
0.28
c
0.51
abc
0.53
abc
0.52
abc
0.57
abc
0.45
abc
0.67
abc
0.61
abc
Fruit length
(cm)
* Means followed by the same letter within a column do not differ significantly from each other using Duncans Multipe Range Test at 5% level.
20.89
e
50.99
bcd
39.99
d
24.22
e
2.95
bcd
3.92
ab
3.26
bcd
2.53
cd
0.60
abc
0.32
c
0.93
a
0.26
ab
15.34
ab
13.60
bcd
9.79
hij
11.45
fgh
15.63
a
11.57
eh
12.64
dg
14.63
abc
11.58
eh
13.33
c-f
10.13
hij
9.14
ij
8.91
j
13.45
cde
13.29
cf
10.84
ghi
Fruit
diameter (cm)
3.24
g
3.53
g
11.32
a
5.01
de
3.54
g
4.58
ef
4.09
fg
4.02
fg
5.11
de
4.99
de
7.04
c
6.99
c
8.18
b
5.09
de
4.44
ef
5.77
d
J. Duhok Univ. Vol.13, No.1, (Agri. And Vet. Sciences) Pp 70-81, 2010