NCSU Cucumber Breeding Report - 2007
Todd C. Wehner
Professor
Tammy L. Ellington
Agric. Res. Tech. III
Department of Horticultural Science
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695-7609
Spring (Stage 3) Pickling Cucumber Trial
2007
Todd C. Wehner and Tammy L. Ellington
Experiment Design
1. A randomized complete block with 3 replications of pickle cultivars
and breeding lines (collectively referred to as cultigens) was grown.
2. Plots were single 20 ft. rows with 5 ft. alleys at each end.
3. Rows were on raised 18" beds spaced 60" apart (center to center).
4. Fertilizer consisted of 80-80-80 lb/A (N-P-K) broadcast preplant and
30-0-0 lb/A (N-P-K) sideplaced at the 2 to 4 leaf stage.
5. Curbit was applied preemergence at the rate of 1 lb. a.i./A.
6. The trial was planted 26 April, and harvested 8 times
(Mondays and Thursdays) between 14 June and 9 July.
Data Collection
1. Firmness was measured on 3 Grade 3 fruits using a Magness-Taylor tester
with a 5/16" tip.
2. Length/Diameter ratio was calculated by measuring 5 Grade 2 fruits.
3. Quality ratings were from 1 to 9, with 1 = worst, 9 = best.
4. Disease ratings were from 0 to 9, with 0 = no disease, 1-2 = trace,
3-4 = slight, 5-6 = moderate, 7-8 = severe, 9 = plant dead.
Results
The following cultigens performed well, and could be advanced
to the next stage:
1 Feisty(9464) HarrisMoran
2 Ballerina Nunhems
3 Jackson(3540) Nunhems
4 Cates Nunhems
5 Johnston NCStateUniv
6 Exp06-3558 Bejo Seeds
7 LB-17 Baker Seeds
8 Starex Baker Seeds
9 Wainwright Nunhems
10 MacArthur Nunhems
11 HMX-5406 HarrisMoran
12 Exp06-3566 Bejo Seeds
13 Vlaspik Seminis
14 PX0496-4729 Seminis
15 NC-Moriah NCStateUniv
16 Pershing Nunhems
Table 6. Stage 3 spring pickle trial - yield data (cultigens are ranked
by fruit value).
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Fruit grade distribution Plants
Cultivar Seed Value Weight (% by weight) per A
Rank or line source ($) (cwt) Cull No.1 No.2 No.3 No.4 (x1000)
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1 Ballerina Nunhems 2241 213 14 21 47 18 1 26
2 Jackson(3540) Nunhems 2211 272 18 11 31 32 7 26
3 Feisty(9464) HarrisMoran 2094 236 20 15 39 23 4 26
4 Cates Nunhems 1982 235 21 14 34 26 5 18
5 Johnston NCStateUniv 1966 211 18 16 40 23 3 24
6 Exp06-3566 Bejo Seeds 1936 227 20 13 36 28 4 26
7 NC-Longhurst NCStateUniv 1904 177 13 24 45 16 2 21
8 Crispina Nunhems 1899 187 15 20 45 17 2 25
9 Exp06-3558 Bejo Seeds 1893 227 18 12 36 27 8 26
10 Starex Baker Seeds 1885 240 22 11 31 29 7 26
11 Wainwright Nunhems 1829 200 18 16 40 24 2 25
12 NC-Lexington2 NCStateUniv 1826 175 13 20 47 18 2 26
13 NC-Moriah NCStateUniv 1816 241 25 11 29 29 6 26
14 LB-17 Baker Seeds 1804 241 21 10 28 33 9 25
15 PX0496-4729 Seminis 1781 226 22 11 30 32 5 26
16 Pershing Nunhems 1777 212 17 9 36 33 4 26
17 MacArthur Nunhems 1755 210 24 13 35 25 3 26
18 Vlaspik Seminis 1724 191 20 17 35 26 2 25
19 NC-Danbury NCStateUniv 1719 199 11 12 35 31 11 19
20 NC-Dawson NCStateUniv 1705 216 24 11 36 25 5 26
21 NC-Duplin NCStateUniv 1695 201 16 11 36 30 6 24
22 Atlantis Bejo Seeds 1675 225 20 9 28 33 9 24
23 NC-Denton NCStateUniv 1664 198 22 12 37 26 3 26
24 HMX-5406 HarrisMoran 1625 220 23 12 28 27 10 25
25 PX0496-4769 Seminis 1619 218 25 9 28 33 5 25
26 H-19 Univ. Ark. 1582 149 8 18 46 27 1 26
27 HS-500 HortAg Seed 1577 192 23 14 33 25 6 26
28 NC-Davie ZeraimGeder 1476 164 20 16 39 22 3 22
29 Raleigh NCStateUniv 1461 192 25 10 34 26 6 24
30 NC-Leland NCStateUniv 1448 126 10 26 49 15 0 13
31 Exp06-3565 Bejo Seeds 1401 184 24 8 31 30 7 25
32 NC-Longhurst(P) NCStateUniv 1365 134 17 22 38 23 0 25
33 NC-Merritt NCStateUniv 1312 190 38 11 29 20 2 26
34 NC-Dixon NCStateUniv 1275 146 12 12 34 32 8 25
35 Sumter ClemsonUniv 1235 166 27 12 32 21 8 26
36 Ballerina(P) Nunhems 1165 129 20 13 41 24 1 26
37 Wis.SMR 18 Univ. Wis. 1159 176 18 8 24 31 18 25
38 Coolgreen Check 1121 144 14 12 27 31 15 10
39 Calypso NCStateUniv 1111 124 13 13 38 32 4 19
40 Crispina(P) Nunhems 1081 125 23 11 42 21 2 26
41 NC-Lexington(P) NCStateUniv 942 95 15 19 42 23 2 21
42 NC-Leland(P) NCStateUniv 569 55 20 29 35 16 0 8
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CV (%) 21 22 21 22 14 24 56 12
Mean 1603 188 19 14 36 26 5 24
LSD (5%) 549 66 7 5 8 10 4 5
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Correlation (Fruit value with fruit weight) = 0.90**
Table 7. Stage 3 spring pickle trial - earliness data (cultigens are ranked
by fruit value in harvests 1 and 2).
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Cumulative fruit value and % of
total valuez (8 harvests) for harvest:
Cultivar Seed 1 1-2 1-3 1-4 1-5_
Rank or line source $/A % $/A % $/A % $/A % $/A %
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1 Feisty(9464) HarrisMoran 303 15 815 38 914 43 1128 53 1319 62
2 Ballerina Nunhems 419 18 694 31 851 38 1215 54 1434 63
3 HMX-5406 HarrisMoran 375 24 667 42 777 48 991 61 1090 67
4 LB-17 Baker Seeds 433 24 654 36 834 46 1030 57 1201 66
5 Starex Baker Seeds 365 19 628 33 780 41 995 53 1121 59
6 Jackson(3540) Nunhems 296 13 612 28 789 35 1167 53 1370 62
7 Cates Nunhems 267 13 562 29 706 36 939 48 1171 59
8 MacArthur Nunhems 339 19 559 32 683 39 900 51 989 57
9 Atlantis Bejo Seeds 222 15 552 34 651 40 928 56 1089 65
10 Exp06-3558 Bejo Seeds 278 15 537 29 660 35 871 47 1001 54
11 NC-Merritt NCStateUniv 320 24 521 40 630 48 772 59 831 64
12 Wainwright Nunhems 317 16 514 26 647 33 872 45 986 52
13 PX0496-4729 Seminis 383 22 512 30 615 35 736 43 914 53
14 Johnston NCStateUniv 175 9 508 26 694 35 1057 54 1232 62
15 Vlaspik Seminis 328 17 500 26 640 34 791 42 938 51
16 Raleigh NCStateUniv 261 18 485 33 600 41 776 53 898 62
17 NC-Moriah NCStateUniv 278 16 482 26 639 35 907 50 1020 56
18 NC-Duplin NCStateUniv 242 14 478 29 621 37 857 51 1023 61
19 NC-Dawson NCStateUniv 274 16 470 28 598 35 932 54 1123 66
20 Pershing Nunhems 218 12 468 26 567 32 769 43 893 50
21 Crispina Nunhems 285 14 458 24 638 33 868 45 1076 55
22 PX0496-4769 Seminis 302 19 454 28 584 36 737 45 846 52
23 Exp06-3566 Bejo Seeds 168 10 450 25 571 31 901 48 1039 55
24 Exp06-3565 Bejo Seeds 225 16 414 29 502 35 704 47 829 56
25 Ballerina(P) Nunhems 297 18 409 26 472 30 694 46 822 60
26 NC-Denton NCStateUniv 177 11 393 24 500 30 765 46 962 58
27 Crispina(P) Nunhems 304 23 393 30 473 36 629 49 702 55
28 HS-500 HortAg Seed 79 5 351 22 467 29 679 43 851 54
29 NC-Davie ZeraimGeder 181 12 298 20 372 25 582 38 774 52
30 Sumter ClemsonUniv 74 6 290 24 393 33 654 54 789 65
31 NC-Danbury NCStateUniv 101 6 251 14 461 26 745 43 944 55
32 Wis.SMR 18 Univ. Wis. 82 7 244 20 306 25 464 39 587 49
33 NC-Dixon NCStateUniv 81 6 233 17 329 25 562 43 728 56
34 Coolgreen Check 63 6 194 18 246 22 513 46 686 61
35 NC-Lexington2 NCStateUniv 8 1 166 10 385 22 697 39 1023 56
36 Calypso NCStateUniv 4 0 41 3 119 9 267 19 382 29
37 NC-Longhurst(P) NCStateUniv 13 1 32 2 137 10 379 28 591 44
38 NC-Longhurst NCStateUniv 0 0 25 1 182 9 558 29 802 42
39 H-19 Univ. Ark. 0 0 3 0 15 1 101 7 456 29
40 NC-Lexington(P) NCStateUniv 2 0 2 0 10 1 146 15 265 28
41 NC-Leland NCStateUniv 0 0 0 0 33 2 282 19 463 32
42 NC-Leland(P) NCStateUniv 0 0 0 0 23 3 147 19 188 26
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CV (%) 52 49 38 34 36 30 32 25 29 20
Mean 203 12 389 23 503 30 731 44 892 54
LSD (5%) 172 10 242 13 294 15 384 17 421 17
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Correlation (Fruit value with value in harvests 1 and 2) = 0.61**
Table 8. Stage 3 spring pickle trial - fruit quality data (cultigens are
ranked by average quality).
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Overall
Cultivar Seed Average Seed- impres-
Rank or line source qualityz Shapez Colory cellz sionz
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1 NC-Danbury NCStateUniv 7.7 8.0 7.0 6.7 8.3
2 Exp06-3565 Bejo Seeds 7.6 8.0 7.7 8.0 6.7
3 Vlaspik Seminis 7.6 7.3 6.3 8.0 7.3
4 Wainwright Nunhems 7.4 7.3 7.7 7.3 7.7
5 Exp06-3558 Bejo Seeds 7.4 7.0 7.7 8.0 7.3
6 Johnston NCStateUniv 7.3 7.3 7.0 7.0 7.7
7 Exp06-3566 Bejo Seeds 7.2 7.0 8.3 7.3 7.3
8 Cates Nunhems 7.1 7.3 6.7 7.0 7.0
9 Ballerina(P) Nunhems 7.1 7.3 7.0 7.7 6.3
10 H-19 Univ. Ark. 7.0 8.0 6.0 6.0 7.0
11 Sumter ClemsonUniv 6.9 7.3 5.0 6.0 7.3
12 HMX-5406 HarrisMoran 6.9 6.7 6.3 7.0 7.0
13 Pershing Nunhems 6.9 6.3 7.7 7.7 6.7
14 Feisty(9464) HarrisMoran 6.9 6.7 8.0 7.0 7.0
15 NC-Dawson NCStateUniv 6.8 7.3 8.0 6.0 7.0
16 Ballerina Nunhems 6.8 7.3 7.7 6.3 6.7
17 NC-Dixon NCStateUniv 6.8 7.3 6.0 5.7 7.3
18 MacArthur Nunhems 6.8 7.0 8.0 6.7 6.7
19 PX0496-4769 Seminis 6.8 6.3 8.0 7.0 7.0
20 Jackson(3540) Nunhems 6.7 7.3 8.0 6.0 6.7
21 Crispina Nunhems 6.7 7.0 6.7 6.3 6.7
22 NC-Lexington2 NCStateUniv 6.6 6.7 6.0 5.7 7.3
23 NC-Moriah NCStateUniv 6.6 7.3 7.7 5.7 6.7
24 NC-Duplin NCStateUniv 6.4 7.7 7.7 5.0 6.7
25 Raleigh NCStateUniv 6.4 6.7 6.7 6.3 6.3
26 Crispina(P) Nunhems 6.4 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.7
27 Starex Baker Seeds 6.4 6.0 6.0 7.3 6.0
28 NC-Davie ZeraimGeder 6.3 7.7 6.3 4.7 6.7
29 PX0496-4729 Seminis 6.3 6.7 7.7 6.3 6.0
30 LB-17 Baker Seeds 6.3 6.3 6.7 6.0 6.7
31 NC-Leland(P) NCStateUniv 6.3 6.0 5.0 7.0 6.0
32 Calypso NCStateUniv 6.2 7.3 5.0 4.7 6.7
33 NC-Longhurst NCStateUniv 6.2 6.3 6.3 5.7 6.7
34 Atlantis Bejo Seeds 6.1 6.3 7.3 5.3 6.7
35 NC-Merritt NCStateUniv 6.0 6.3 8.0 5.3 6.3
36 NC-Leland NCStateUniv 6.0 6.0 7.0 6.0 6.0
37 NC-Lexington(P) NCStateUniv 6.0 5.0 5.0 8.0 5.0
38 NC-Longhurst(P) NCStateUniv 5.9 6.3 5.0 6.7 4.7
39 NC-Denton NCStateUniv 5.9 6.0 8.0 5.7 6.0
40 Wis.SMR 18 Univ. Wis. 5.8 7.0 4.0 5.0 5.3
41 HS-500 HortAg Seed 5.8 6.0 5.3 5.7 5.7
42 Coolgreen Check 5.7 6.3 4.0 4.7 6.0
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CV (%) 8.0 11.9 9.4 13.4 11.8
Mean 6.6 6.8 6.7 6.4 6.6
LSD (5%) 0.9 1.3 1.0 1.4 1.3
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z Quality rated 1 to 9 (1 = poor, 5 = average, 9 = excellent).
y Color rated 1 to 9 (1 = white, 5 = medium green, 9 = very dark green).
Correlation (Fruit value with average quality) = 0.12ns
Table 9. Stage 3 spring pickle trial - other quality data (cultigens are
ranked by average quality).z
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Cultivar Seed Firm- L/D Defects1° Defects2°
Rank or line source ness ratio 2 4 6 2 4 6
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1 Sumter ClemsonUniv 22 3.2 K H X W K K
2 H-19 Univ. Ark. 21 3.4 V V V G G G
3 NC-Leland NCStateUniv 21 3.6 X X X V V V
4 NC-Lexington2 NCStateUniv 20 3.1 H V K K K T
5 NC-Leland(P) NCStateUniv 20 3.5 X X X V V V
6 NC-Lexington(P) NCStateUniv 20 2.8 W W W K K K
7 NC-Longhurst NCStateUniv 19 3.4 G V G T G T
8 Wis.SMR 18 Univ. Wis. 19 3.0 W Y Y H W W
9 NC-Danbury NCStateUniv 19 3.3 K K K K K K
10 Johnston NCStateUniv 19 3.2 H K K K G G
11 Vlaspik Seminis 18 3.1 G K G K G K
12 Exp06-3558 Bejo Seeds 18 3.1 H D C K H K
13 NC-Dixon NCStateUniv 18 3.0 H H K K K H
14 Pershing Nunhems 18 3.4 M G G T T T
15 Raleigh NCStateUniv 18 3.2 H G K D T D
16 NC-Longhurst(P) NCStateUniv 18 3.7 V V V G G G
17 Exp06-3565 Bejo Seeds 18 3.1 H K G T T T
18 HMX-5406 HarrisMoran 18 3.3 K G T M T K
19 Feisty(9464) HarrisMoran 18 3.2 K K G T T K
20 MacArthur Nunhems 18 3.4 M G G D T K
21 NC-Duplin NCStateUniv 18 3.1 H H K M K H
22 Crispina(P) Nunhems 18 3.2 H K G A G A
23 PX0496-4729 Seminis 18 3.0 C T T M N K
24 LB-17 Baker Seeds 18 2.9 T K T W H D
25 Atlantis Bejo Seeds 18 3.0 A A K H H G
26 NC-Denton NCStateUniv 18 3.3 K K G D G K
27 HS-500 HortAg Seed 18 3.1 M W W T T T
28 Crispina Nunhems 17 3.1 H K H T G T
29 Wainwright Nunhems 17 3.3 K T G C G K
30 Ballerina(P) Nunhems 17 3.5 H K M K G K
31 Ballerina Nunhems 16 3.2 H D T K G G
32 PX0496-4769 Seminis 16 3.0 K K T T T D
33 Jackson(3540) Nunhems 16 3.1 H H D K K T
34 Exp06-3566 Bejo Seeds 16 3.0 K K K H G T
35 Cates Nunhems 16 3.3 K K G G G T
36 Calypso NCStateUniv 16 2.9 H H H T T K
37 Starex Baker Seeds 16 3.2 T D T W T G
38 NC-Moriah NCStateUniv 15 3.4 D K O K G G
39 NC-Davie ZeraimGeder 15 3.1 K H K H K H
40 NC-Dawson NCStateUniv 15 3.5 K K K U G T
41 NC-Merritt NCStateUniv 15 3.0 H D O K H D
42 Coolgreen Check 13 3.4 G G G T T T
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CV (%) 7 4.9
Mean 18 3.2
LSD (5%) 2 0.3
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z Quality rated 1 to 9 (1 = poor, 5 = average, 9 = excellent).
Defects were rated as follows (giving primary and secondary for each harvest):
A - wArty fruit J – RiDGed S - Separated carpels
B - Blossom end defects K - Keep(excellent) T - Tapered ends
C - Crooks excessive L - Late maturity U - Uniform green
D - Dogbone shape M - Mottled fruit V - Varicolor (dark stem
E - Early maturity N - Nubs excessive end, light blossom end)
F - Four celled O - Offtype fruit W - White fruit
G - lonG fruit P - Placental hollows X - neCKS on fruit
H - sHort fruit Q - Y - Yellow fruit
I - strIped fruit R - Reject (poor) Z - diSeased fruit
Table 10. Stage 3 spring pickle trial - sex expression and vine data
(cultigens are ranked by gynoecious rating).
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Cultivar Seed Gyn. Vine Vine
Rank or line source ratingz sizey colorx
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1 Crispina(P) Nunhems 9 7 7
2 Ballerina Nunhems 9 7 7
3 PX0496-4729 Seminis 9 7 6
4 Cates Nunhems 9 6 7
5 Crispina Nunhems 9 6 6
6 Johnston NCStateUniv 9 6 8
7 HS-500 HortAg Seed 9 6 7
8 MacArthur Nunhems 9 6 8
9 PX0496-4769 Seminis 9 6 7
10 Feisty(9464) HarrisMoran 8 8 8
11 Ballerina(P) Nunhems 8 7 7
12 Vlaspik Seminis 8 6 7
13 Pershing Nunhems 8 6 8
14 Exp06-3566 Bejo Seeds 8 6 7
15 Starex Baker Seeds 8 7 7
16 Exp06-3558 Bejo Seeds 8 7 8
17 Atlantis Bejo Seeds 8 6 7
18 Exp06-3565 Bejo Seeds 8 6 9
19 Calypso NCStateUniv 8 5 7
20 Jackson(3540) Nunhems 8 4 9
21 LB-17 Baker Seeds 8 7 7
22 NC-Merritt NCStateUniv 7 7 7
23 Wainwright Nunhems 7 6 8
24 Raleigh NCStateUniv 7 7 8
25 HMX-5406 HarrisMoran 6 7 6
26 NC-Leland(P) NCStateUniv 6 4 5
27 NC-Lexington2 NCStateUniv 6 5 5
28 NC-Danbury NCStateUniv 5 7 7
29 NC-Longhurst(P) NCStateUniv 5 7 5
30 NC-Leland NCStateUniv 5 5 5
31 NC-Dawson NCStateUniv 5 6 8
32 Coolgreen Check 5 6 6
33 H-19 Univ. Ark. 5 5 6
34 NC-Longhurst NCStateUniv 5 5 5
35 NC-Denton NCStateUniv 4 7 8
36 Wis.SMR 18 Univ. Wis. 4 8 4
37 NC-Duplin NCStateUniv 4 6 8
38 NC-Davie ZeraimGeder 4 5 8
39 Sumter ClemsonUniv 4 8 8
40 NC-Moriah NCStateUniv 4 7 8
41 NC-Lexington(P) NCStateUniv 4 6 5
42 NC-Dixon NCStateUniv 4 6 7
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CV (%) 17 16 14
Mean 7 6 7
LSD (5%) 2 2 2
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z Gynoecious rating (1 = androecious, 2-3 = andromonoecious, 4-6 = monoecious,
7-8 = predominately gynoecious, 9 = gynoecious).
y Size rated 1 to 9 (1=very small, 9=very large).
x Color rated 1 to 9 (1=yellow, 9=very dark green).
Correlation (Yield w/ gynoecious rating) = 0.25**; (Yield w/ vine size) = 0.15ns
Table 11. Stage 3 spring pickle trial - disease data (cultigens are ranked
by average disease resistance).z
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Cultivar Seed Downy
Rank or line source mildew
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1 Crispina(P) Nunhems 1.0
2 PX0496-4729 Seminis 1.0
3 Johnston NCStateUniv 1.0
4 Feisty(9464) HarrisMoran 1.0
5 Pershing Nunhems 1.0
6 Raleigh NCStateUniv 1.0
7 NC-Leland(P) NCStateUniv 1.0
8 NC-Leland NCStateUniv 1.0
9 NC-Denton NCStateUniv 1.0
10 NC-Moriah NCStateUniv 1.0
11 NC-Lexington(P) NCStateUniv 1.0
12 Cates Nunhems 1.3
13 MacArthur Nunhems 1.3
14 PX0496-4769 Seminis 1.3
15 Ballerina(P) Nunhems 1.3
16 Vlaspik Seminis 1.3
17 Exp06-3558 Bejo Seeds 1.3
18 LB-17 Baker Seeds 1.3
19 NC-Merritt NCStateUniv 1.3
20 Wainwright Nunhems 1.3
21 NC-Lexington2 NCStateUniv 1.3
22 NC-Dawson NCStateUniv 1.3
23 Sumter ClemsonUniv 1.3
24 Exp06-3566 Bejo Seeds 1.7
25 Starex Baker Seeds 1.7
26 Exp06-3565 Bejo Seeds 1.7
27 Calypso NCStateUniv 1.7
28 Jackson(3540) Nunhems 1.7
29 HMX-5406 HarrisMoran 1.7
30 NC-Duplin NCStateUniv 1.7
31 NC-Danbury NCStateUniv 2.0
32 NC-Longhurst(P) NCStateUniv 2.0
33 H-19 Univ. Ark. 2.0
34 NC-Davie ZeraimGeder 2.0
35 Crispina Nunhems 2.3
36 HS-500 HortAg Seed 2.3
37 Ballerina Nunhems 2.7
38 Atlantis Bejo Seeds 2.7
39 NC-Dixon NCStateUniv 2.7
40 NC-Longhurst NCStateUniv 3.0
41 Wis.SMR 18 Univ. Wis. 7.0
42 Coolgreen Check 8.0
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CV (%) 35.9
Mean 1.8
LSD (5%) 1.1
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z Disease rated 0 to 9 (0=none, 1-2=trace, 3-4=slight, 5-6=moderate, 7-8=advanced,
9=plant dead).
Correlation (Yield vs. disease rating) = -0.18*
Table 12. Stage 3 spring pickle trial - selection indexes (cultigens ranked
by SWI1).z
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Simple weighted Average rank
Cultivar Seed indexes indexes__
Rank or line source SWI1 SWI2 ARI1 ARI2
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1 Feisty(9464) HarrisMoran 9.8 8.1 14.4 13.6
2 Ballerina Nunhems 9.4 7.7 17.1 19.8
3 Jackson(3540) Nunhems 9.3 7.8 17.7 18.4
4 Cates Nunhems 8.8 7.5 14.3 16.6
5 Johnston NCStateUniv 8.8 7.4 12.6 13.9
6 Exp06-3558 Bejo Seeds 8.7 7.4 13.1 14.2
7 LB-17 Baker Seeds 8.6 7.3 19.1 16.8
8 Starex Baker Seeds 8.6 7.2 19.9 19.6
9 Wainwright Nunhems 8.5 7.2 13.4 16.0
10 MacArthur Nunhems 8.4 7.2 17.9 17.6
11 HMX-5406 HarrisMoran 8.4 7.2 17.5 16.5
12 Exp06-3566 Bejo Seeds 8.4 7.3 16.5 19.0
13 Vlaspik Seminis 8.3 7.0 14.2 15.4
14 PX0496-4729 Seminis 8.3 7.1 20.5 18.6
15 NC-Moriah NCStateUniv 8.3 7.1 18.7 19.1
16 Pershing Nunhems 8.2 7.0 17.7 17.7
17 Crispina Nunhems 8.1 6.8 20.1 21.5
18 NC-Dawson NCStateUniv 8.0 7.0 18.6 20.1
19 NC-Duplin NCStateUniv 8.0 6.8 21.4 21.0
20 Atlantis Bejo Seeds 7.9 6.7 24.3 22.1
21 PX0496-4769 Seminis 7.8 6.8 19.8 20.1
22 Raleigh NCStateUniv 7.6 6.6 21.3 19.1
23 Exp06-3565 Bejo Seeds 7.6 6.6 17.4 18.9
24 NC-Denton NCStateUniv 7.6 6.5 24.3 22.5
25 NC-Danbury NCStateUniv 7.5 6.6 16.4 19.1
26 NC-Merritt NCStateUniv 7.3 6.4 25.3 23.5
27 NC-Lexington2 NCStateUniv 7.1 6.3 21.9 21.3
28 Ballerina(P) Nunhems 7.1 6.0 20.2 21.7
29 HS-500 HortAg Seed 6.9 6.0 28.8 26.7
30 NC-Davie ZeraimGeder 6.9 6.0 23.9 25.2
31 Sumter ClemsonUniv 6.7 5.9 22.1 20.8
32 Crispina(P) Nunhems 6.7 5.8 23.7 22.6
33 NC-Longhurst NCStateUniv 6.5 5.8 27.3 27.5
34 H-19 Univ. Ark. 6.3 5.6 23.4 24.1
35 NC-Dixon NCStateUniv 6.3 5.6 26.9 27.5
36 NC-Leland NCStateUniv 6.0 5.3 28.5 26.3
37 NC-Longhurst(P) NCStateUniv 5.7 5.0 30.0 29.6
38 Calypso NCStateUniv 5.4 4.9 27.5 29.2
39 Wis.SMR 18 Univ. Wis. 5.2 4.6 32.5 29.9
40 NC-Lexington(P) NCStateUniv 5.0 4.5 29.6 27.7
41 Coolgreen Check 4.7 4.2 34.8 35.6
42 NC-Leland(P) NCStateUniv 4.5 4.0 28.6 27.3
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CV (%) 12.8 11.2 21.7 19.9
Mean 7.5 6.4 21.5 21.5
LSD (5%) 1.5 1.2 7.6 7.0
z SWI is simple weighted index calculated from the performance of a cultigen for
yield; earliness; fruit shape, seedcell size and overall impression; and disease
resistance. The index is calculated with 2 different methods of weighting each
trait (10 is best, 1 is worst).
ARI is the average ranking of each cultigen for yield, earliness, fruit quality
and disease resistance. The index is calculated with 2 different sets of
secondary traits added in with the primary traits (1 is best).
Correlation (Yield with SWI1) = 0.86** Correlation (Yield with ARI1) = -0.60**