Reasons for parthenocarpy and the effects of various hormone treatments on fruit set in pepino (Solanum muricatum Ait)

Ercan N., Akilli M.

SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE, vol.66, no.3-4, pp.141-147, 1996 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 66 Issue: 3-4
  • Publication Date: 1996
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/s0304-4238(96)00909-0
  • Journal Name: SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.141-147
  • Keywords: pepino, parthenocarpy, pollen viability, growth regulators, fruit-set
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Stem cuttings of pepino cultivar Asca were grown under open field conditions between April and August in Antalya in 1994. Anther and pistil lengths; pollen viability; stigma receptivity; pollen tube growth in the style; meiosis in pollen mother cells; and seed set were observed.