Claim · model-written summary
Temperature influenced sex expression more than light or photoperiod.
- Taxon
- cucumber
Cucumis sativust0 - Outcome
- sex expressione0
- Direction
- moree0
- Comparator
- light intensity or photoperiode0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentSettingValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Temperature influenced sex expression more than light intensity or photoperiod”
t0“cucumber”
Title
Daniel J. Cantliffe Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 1981. doi:10.21273/jashs.106.2.133
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Intervention effect More staminate flowers occurred at 17,200 lux than the listed other light intensities.
- Intervention effect More pistillate flowers reached anthesis under the two highest light intensities.
- Observation MSU 713-5 produced no staminate flowers across light intensities.
- Observation Gynoecious hybrids produced staminate flowers across light intensities.
- Intervention effect Photoperiod length had no influence on sex expression.
- Intervention effect End of period red and tarred light exposure had no influence on sex expression.
- Observation Few staminate flowers were produced at constant 16° or 22°C.
- Observation All lines and cultivars produced staminate flowers at 30°.
- Observation Pistillate flowers reaching anthesis were greatest at 26° or 30°.