Selection of cucumbers

Breeding is the breeding of new varieties, hybrids from pre-existing varieties of plants, vegetables, animals, etc.

Selection of cucumbers is the breeding of hybrids for certain climatic conditions, for different soils, etc.; hybrids resistant to diseases and pests, etc.

The cucumber is a cross-pollinated plant, and there are also self-pollinating species. Selection of cucumbers involves artificial and natural pollination.

- If everything happens naturally, then isolation of varieties is necessary so that unnecessary cross-pollination does not occur, but everything happens according to the natural selectivity of fertilization, and the percentage of setting is often higher than with another type of pollination. For such pollination, they take exactly those varieties that are intended for crossing forms, sow through a row and remove all male buds from the mother plant, but do not touch the paternal plants. The pollen is carried by insects and the seeds must be collected from mother plants.

- With artificial pollination, you can choose the parents who have the most pronounced positive signs. Artificial pollination is carried out only in the morning, and the day before the buds are isolated with bags or parchment, this is done in order to "get ahead" of insects. Male flowers with torn petals are brought to the female pistil with stamens, so that as much pollen as possible gets on it. After that, the flower is isolated and signed in order to know the time and number of the crossing. In such pollination, both weather conditions and plant age are important.

At the moment, the best varieties have been bred with intraspecific selection; interspecific hybrids do not yet have the necessary qualities.