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| A New Bitter Gourd F1 Hybrid —‘Jinlvkugua’ |
| ZHANG Chang-yuan, LUO Shao-bo, LUO Jian-ning, HE Xiao-li, ZHENG Xiao-ming |
| Vegetable Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, Guangdong, China |
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Abstract ‘Jinlvkugua’is a new bitter gourd F1 hybrid developed by crossing female parent Y100 and male parent 913＃. It has mid-maturity and grows vigorously. Its fruit is of long conic shape, with oil green skin, about 25 cm in length, about 5.7 cm in diameter, 1.0 cm in flesh thickness. The average fruit weight is 320 g. Its flesh contents of VC, soluble solid, coarse protein and coarse fiber are 622 mg•kg-1, 23 g•kg-1, 9.9 g•kg-1, 12 g•kg-1, respectively. Its average yield is about 57 t•hm-2. It is middle resistant to powdery mildew, tolerant to hot and cold climate. It is suitable to be cultivated in south China in spring and autumn.
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Received: 24 December 2010
Published: 20 January 2011
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