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Science 11 June 1971:
Vol. 172. no. 3988, pp. 1145 - 1146
DOI: 10.1126/science.172.3988.1145
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Cucumber Beetle Resistance and Mite Susceptibility Controlled by the Bitter Gene in Cucumis sativus L

Cyro P. Da Costa 1 and Charles M. Jones 2

1 University of São Paulo, Institute of Genetics, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
2 Department of Horticulture, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana 47907

Antibiotic and nonpreference mechanisms are related in cucumber through the action of the bi gene and the absence of cucurbitacins. Cucurbitacins attract cucumber beetles and cause feeding whereas they have an antibiotic effect on two-spotted mites.


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