Commercial Varieties of Cucumber

Name of Variety / Hybrid	Salient Features	Recommended Areas
IARI, New Delhi
Pusa Uday	Fruits yield about 28% higher than check variety Poinsette. Suitable for both spring–summer and rainy seasons. Maturity 50–55 days. Average yield 155 q/ha.	NCR
Pusa Sanyog	Very early variety with cylindrical fruits 28–30 cm long. Fruits dark green with yellow spines and crisp flesh. First picking in about 50 days. Average yield 200 q/ha.	Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Uttarakhand
GBUA&T, Pantnagar
Pant Sankar Khira-1	Fruits long (about 20 cm), cylindrical and green with light stripes. Vine length about 120 cm. First picking in about 50 days. Yield potential about 200 q/ha.	Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand
Pant Khira-1	Fruits long (20 cm), cylindrical with light white stripes. First picking in 50–60 days. Recommended seed rate 4 kg/ha. Yield potential about 150 q/ha.	Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand
Pant Parthenocarpic Khira-2	Parthenocarpic cucumber suitable for polyhouse cultivation. About 551 female flowers per vine. Average fruit weight 630 g. Yield potential 2107 q/ha.	Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand
Parthenocarpic Khira-3	Parthenocarpic cucumber suitable for polyhouse cultivation. About 465 female flowers per vine. Average fruit weight 415 g. Yield potential 1992 q/ha.	Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand
MPKV, Rahuri
Himangni	Fruits white in colour and resistant to bronzing. Suitable for kharif season. Average yield 180 q/ha.	Maharashtra
Phule Shubangi	Fruits green in colour and tolerant to powdery mildew. Suitable for kharif season. Average yield 180 q/ha.	Maharashtra
TNAU, Coimbatore
CO 1	Ripe fruits bright yellow with greenish-yellow intermittent stripes. Average yield 25–28 t/ha.	Tamil Nadu