Commercial Production of Pickling &
Slicing Cucumbers in North Carolina

Suggested Reading

Crop protectant and variety recommendations may change from year to year. Certain publications are updated more frequently and are listed. Other related publications which provide more detail in various subject areas are also listed.

• Ambrose, J. T. 1995. Cucumber pollination. Dept. Entomology Insect Note No. 7B. North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service.
• Asgrow Seed Company. 1984. Modern cucumber technology. Asgrow Seed Co. Kalamazoo, Mich.
• Averre, C. W. 1993. Fruit rots of pickling and slicing cucumbers. Plant Pathology Information Note. Vegetable Disease No. 1. North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service.
• Averre, C. W., and S. F. Jenkins. 1991. Anthracnose of cucurbits. Plant Pathology Information Note. Vegetable Disease No. 11. North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service.
• Averre, C. W., and S. F. Jenkins. 1991. Gummy stem blight and phyma blight of cucurbits. Plant Pathology Information Note. Vegetable Disease No. 8. North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service.
• Averre, C. A., K. A. Sorensen, C. J. Eckenrode, and G. R. Hughes. 1986. Know and control cucumber pests (color poster). North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service and North Carolina Pickle Producers Association, Inc.
• Boyette, M. D., L. G. Wilson, and E. A. Estes. 1991. Introduction to proper postharvest cooling and handling methods. AG-414-1. North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service.
• Boyette, M. D., L. G. Wilson, and E. A. Estes. 1991. Design of room cooling facilities: Structural & energy requirements. AG-414-2. North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service.
• Boyette, M. D., L. G. Wilson, and E. A. Estes. 1994. Forced-air cooling. AG-414-3. North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service.
• Boyette, M. D., E. A. Estes, and A. R. Rubin. 1992. Hydrocooling. AG-414-4. North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service.
• Boyette, M. D., D. F. Ritchie, S. J. Carballo, S. M. Blankenship, and D. C. Sanders. 1993. Chlorination and postharvest disease control. AG-414-6. North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service.
• Motes, J. E. 1975. Pickling cucumbers. Production harvesting. Bulletin No. E-837. Michigan State University Extension.
• North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service. North Carolina Agricultural Chemicals Manual. North Carolina State University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
• Sanders, D. C., C. W. Averre, D. W. Monks, and K. A. Sorensen. 1995. Producing commercial transplants. AG-337. North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service.
• Schultheis, J. R. 1998. Cucumbers for fresh market. Hort Information Leaflet No. 14. North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service.
• Schultheis, J. R. 1998. Pickling cucumbers. Hort Information Leaflet No. 14-A. North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service.
• Sorensen, K. A. 1985. The seedcorn maggot. Vegetable Insect Note 31. North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service.
• Sorensen, K. A. 1993. Pickleworm management. Dept. Entomology Insect Note No. 1. North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service.
• Wehner, T. C., and C. H. Miller. 1985. Effect of gynoecious expression on yield and earliness of a fresh-market cucumber hybrid. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 110:464-466.
• Wehner, T. C., and R. R. Horton, Jr. N.C. State University cucumber breeding report (Annual). North Carolina State University, Department of Hort. Science.
• Zitter, T. A., D. L. Hopkins, and C. E. Thomas (eds.). 1996. Compendium of cucurbit diseases. St. Paul, Minn.: The American Phytopathology Society.