Breeding of non-bitter cucumbers |
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| Authors: | J M Andeweg J W De Bruyn |
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| Institution: | (1) Institute of Horticultural Plant Breeding, Wageningen |
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| Abstract: | A large number of seedlings of various cucumber varieties have been tested for bitterness. In the American variety Improved Long Green one plant was encountered that was non-bitter. This form of non-bitterness is highly valuable for breeding purposes, because of the possibility to select for non-bitterness at the seedling stage. Non-bitter varieties, as occur in other Cucurbitaceae, were not encountered in the many verieties investigated. Bitterness of cucumber and melon plants seems to be controlled by one dominant gene.Plants can be judged for non-bitterness simply by tasting them, provided that the tasters have previously been tested for sufficient discriminatory power.Non-bitterness of the young seedlings can also be shown by a chemical reaction. To this end a simple method has been developed. |
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