Induction of Staminate Flowers on Gynoecious Cucumber by Aminoethoxyvinylglycine1

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.