Cucumber
Latin name: Cucumis sativus L.
| Variety | Tested under # | Maturity | Plant type | Fruit | Disease resistance | Remarks | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shape | Length (cm) | Color | HR | IR | |||||
| Lebanese / Beit Alpha varieties | |||||||||
| Stilo F1 | TT-0182 | Mid-early | Strong vigour, multi fruiting | Cylindrical, straight | 15 – 18 | Dark green | Ccu | Px; CMV | Beit Alpha (Lebanese) type cucumber with strong vigour and highly productive. Very reliable producer of high quality fruits. |
| 610 F1 | TT-0273 | Mid-early | Strong vigour, multi fruiting | Cylindrical, straight | 15 – 17 | Dark green | Ccu | Px; Pcu, CMV | Beit Alpha (Lebanese) type cucumber with strong vigour, producing high yields of very high quality fruits. |
| Short cucumber varieties | |||||||||
| Katrina F1 | TT-0051 | Early | Vigorous, multi fruiting, good cover | Cylindrical, straight | 15 – 20 | Shiny dark green | Ccu | Px; CMV; CVYV | Short cucumber, excellent quality and smooth fruits, highly productive |
| 211 F1 | TT-0186 | Early | Medium strong vigour, very generative | Cylindrical, smooth and straight | 15 – 18 | Dark green and shiny | Ccu; Px | Pcu; CMV | Short cucumber, producing high yields of high quality fruits. Some extra fertilizer will boost yields even higher. |
| Slicing cucumber varieties | |||||||||
| Macario F1 | TT-0328 | Early | Strong vigour, very good cover | Cylindrical, straight | 19 x 6 | Dark green | Ccu | CMV; CVYV; Px | Early and very productive slicing cucumber that produces high quality fruits. Good disease resistance package. |
| Marketmore | TT-0254 | Mid late | Very vigorous, strong cover | Straight, Cylindrical with somewhat tapered ends | 22 x 6 | Dark green, glossy | Ccu | MMV | Slicing cucumber. Very vigorous and uniform. Standard variety in the market. |
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Disclaimer
In cases where specific races or strains of resistances are not noted, the variety is resistant or tolerant to some, but not necessarily all known races or strains of the pathogen.
We have exercised the utmost care compiling these variety descriptions. For the Nigerian market we made some adjustments in the original descriptions from our suppliers based on results in our trials at Kano. For all details on varieties listed, including latest information on resistances, please refer to the websites of our suppliers Enza Zaden (www.enzazaden.com), Majstro Seeds (www.majstroseeds.com) and Pop Vriend Vegetable Seeds (www.popvriendvegetableseeds.com).
Explanation of disease resistance “HR” and “IR”, used codes and acronyms can be found here.