Pusa Parthenocarpic Cucumber-6: A high-yieldingearly bloomer for protected cultivation
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Authors
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D. Munshi
Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012
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T. K. Behera
Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012
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Amish K. Sureja
Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012
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Awani K. Singh
Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012
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Balraj Singh
Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012
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B. S. Tomar
Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012
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J. Singh
Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012
Abstract
Pusa Parthenocarpic Cucumber-6 is the first extra early (40-45 days for first fruit harvest) improved variety of parthenocarpic gynoecious cucumber suitable for cultivation in protected condition developed by ICAR-IARI for north Indian plains. Apart from superior quality characters, it showed 31.58%, 28.47%, and 21.36% higher yield over the checks (Pant Parthenocarpic Cucumber-2, Aviva and Asma) during winter season (off-season, November-March) under low cost polyhouse.
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