Fruit size is a major determinant of yield and market value. New research describes the discovery of a key regulator of fruit length variation in cucumber. The cucumber is among the top five vegetable ...

Cucumber is known to have excellent cleansing properties, and those properties actively eradicate accumulated toxins from the body system. Cucumber The health benefits of cucumber cannot be ...

Xue Yong Yang, Yan Wang, Wei Jie Jiang, Xiao Ling Liu, Xiao Meng Zhang, Hong Jun Yu, San Wen Huang and Guo Qin Liu Rapid cell division and expansion in early fruit development are important phases for ...

To find a marker gene for photoassimilate limitation in cucumber fruit, genes induced in young fruit by total defoliation were cloned using the subtraction method. Almost every clone matched perfectly ...

Q: Why do my cucumber fruits always curl? Even small picklers curl. We had the soil tested at North Dakota State University and they said it was fine, and not to add anything. Any ideas?-Gary Lentz, ...

The cucumber is among the top five vegetable crops grown in the world. Cucumbers are most commonly eaten fresh or preserved as pickles. An important attribute of the cucumber is fruit length.