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Life SciencesPlant BiologyPlant SciencesCrop PhysiologyPlant EcophysiologyPlant PhysiologyEthylene PhysiologyFloral TraitsFlowering PhysiologyHormonal Control Of FloweringPhotosynthetic AcclimationRipening PhysiologyFlowering ImprovementGreenhouse Cucumber ProductionStaminate FunctionWater Stress Effects On Photosynthesis
Abstract Aminoethoxyvinylglycine (AVG) at 50,100, and 200 ppm induced staminate flowers on 3 gynoecious cucumber lines in the greenhouse. Both the time of application and the type of water used to prepare the AVG solutions had a significant effect on the node at which conversion from pistillate to staminate first occurred and on the total number of nodes bearing staminate flowers. Plants treated with 100 and 200 ppm AVG were chlorotic for about 10 days after application.