Siddharood Maragal1*, Bommesh J.C.,2 Siddarudh Singadi2, Ningaraj Dalawai2
and Naveena K.P.2
1Department of Vegetable Science, College of Horticulture and Forestry, CAU (Imphal), Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh, India-791102
2College of Forestry, Ponnampet, University of agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Shivamogga, Karanataka, India -571216
Email:jc.bommesh@gmail.com
Received-17.09.2024, Revised-14.10.2024, Accepted-26.10.2024
Abstract: The cucumber (Cucumis sativus) is an economically important vegetable crop cultivated and consumed worldwide. Cucumbers originated from India and cultivating from at least 3000 years.It belongs to family Curcurbitaceae, thetwosubfamilies namely Zanonioideae and Cucurbitoideae belongs to Curcurbitaceaewhich also includes 118 genera and 825 species. With eight tribes under the latter subfamily,i.e., Cucurbitoideae, genus Cucumis is grouped under tribe Melothrieae. Further, it isdividedinto two groups Cucumis (2n=2x= 14 and 24) and Melo(2n=2x=24) that contain five cross-sterile species groups. This review has attempted to create a better understanding on cucumber, its origin, distribution, taxonomy, botanical description, floral biology and geneticdiversity.Cucumber is an annual plant; there are three main types/varieties of cucumber slicing, pickling, and seedlesswithin which several cultivars have been created.A cucumber bearsmonoecious, gynoecious type of sex expression and commercially all gynoecious hybrids plants having parthenocaropy trait, which suits for protected cultivation.
Keywords: Cucumber, Genetic resources, Systematics, Taxonomy
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