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A New Wax Gourd F1 Hybrid —‘Heiza No.2’ |
LI Li-kun,YANG Fu-qiang,LI Da |
Changsha Vegetable Research Institute,Changsha 410003,Hunan,China |
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Abstract ‘Heiza No.2’is a new wax gourd(Benineasa hispida Cogn.)F1 hybrid developed by crossing inbred line BH3031 and BH2783.It grows vigorously with middle-late maturity.The fruit is of column shape with black and glossy shin.The fruit is 80-90 cm in length and 18-21 cm in diameter.The fruit flesh has thick and dense texture.The seeded sac is small.It has good commercial character and tolerant to storage and transportation.The average single fruit weight is about 15 kg.It can yield 120-165 t?hm-2 in open field cultivation.
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Received: 05 July 2011
Published: 27 December 2011
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