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Cucumber

  • Variety Information
  • Technical Information
  • Crop Protection

Varieties

Bomber

  • High production of medium-sized, long, straight fruit primarily in the 30.5 to 35.6 cm (12- to 14-inch) range
  • Very attractive fruit with dark green color,smooth skin and good ribbing throughout crop
  • Very successful for active greenhouse production, and a strong performer in both umbrella and high-wire cropping systems
  • A great choice for warmer production times
  • Works well for lit crops
  • High pack-outs of medium-sized fruit with desired fresh-market qualities
  • Lowers production risks during high heat and humidity when powdery mildew is more problematic
  • High potential to maximize profitability

Constable

  • Well-suited for open field production
  • Vigorous hybrid can also be grown on trellises for longer harvest
  • Produces high-quality, cylindrical fruit with desirable dark-green skin
  • No pollenizer required
  • Resistance to multiple diseases, including scab, angular leaf spot, powdery mildew and cucumber mosaic virus
  • More profit potential with heavy, consistent yields of highly marketable fruit across the crop
  • More market opportunities with extended production window
  • Increased yield, risk and profit protection with strong disease package

Diomede

  • Can be grown on the ground or trellised on short stakes, and suitable for both spring and fall planting
  • Vigorous plant produces abundant yields of attractive, straight, dark-green fruit
  • Comprehensive disease resistance, including powdery mildew, watermelon mosaic and zucchini yellow mosaic viruses
  • One of the better virus resistance packages on the market
  • High pack-out featuring a high percentage of super select cucumbers
  • Capitalize on premium pricing with highly desirable fruit
  • Maximized yield and profit protection with broad disease resistance package

Technical Data: Cucumber
Variety Culture Approximate days to maturity Plant characteristics Segment Average fruit length (cm) Disease resistance
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Disease abbreviation key:
  • Cca - Corynespora leaf spot caused by Corynespora cassiicola
  • Ccu - Scab and gummosis caused by Cladosporium cucumerinum
  • Co - Anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum orbiculare
  • CGMMV -Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus
  • CMV - Cucumber mosaic virus
  • CVYV - Cucumber vein yellowing virus
  • Gc - Golovinomyces cichoracearum (ex Erysiphe cichoracearum)
  • Pcu - Downy mildew caused by Pseudoperonospora cubensis
  • PM - Powdery mildew
  • PRSV - Papaya ringspot virus
  • Psl - Angular leaf spot caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv. lachrymans
  • Px - Powdery mildew caused by Podosphaera xanthii (ex Sphaerotheca fuliginea)
  • WMV - Watermelon mosaic virus
  • ZYMV - Zucchini yellow mosaic virus
  • HR - High resistance
  • IR - Intermediate resistance
In cases where specific races or strains are not noted, the variety is resistant to some, but not necessarily all known races or strains of the pathogen. For complete disease resistance information, please click here.
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Syngenta Vegetables - United States