Figure 1

Growth and development of cucumber fruits. (A) Increase in fruit length and diameter as a function of days post pollination (dpp). (B) Changes in fruit surface during fruit growth including spine maturation and abscission, development and subsidence of warts, presence of ‘bloom’ and loss of chlorophyll. (C) Micrographs showing changes in fruit surface with age (magnification 200x; staining was with Sudan IV). (D) Thickness of fruit pericarp and placenta. (E) Cross section of developing cucumber fruit at 0, 4, 8, 12 and 16 dpp