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Science 27 March 1964:
Vol. 143. no. 3613, pp. 1452 - 1453
DOI: 10.1126/science.143.3613.1452
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Sensitivity of Female Inbreds of Cucumis sativus to Sex Reversion by Gibberellin

Oved Shifriss 1 and W. L. George Jr. 1

1 Department of Horticulture, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey

Two female inbred cucumbers were developed by substituting gene Acr for acr in the genetic backgrounds of the monoecious races Marketer and Tokyo, which exhibit weak and strong male tendency respectively. Marketer females are resistant and Tokyo females are sensitive to sex reversion in response to treatments with gibberellin A3. Resistance and sensitivity of this type appear to depend upon the genetic system which controls sex tendency.


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