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| A New Watermelon F1 Hybrid —‘Gandie No.8’ |
| XIONG Mei-zhen1，XIAO Xu-feng2，LIU Jun-wu1，FAN Shu-ying2* |
| 1Jiangxi Ganxin Seed Co.，Ltd.，Nanchang 330009，Jiangxi，China|2College of Agronomy，Jiangxi Agricultural University，Nanchang 330045，Jiangxi，China |
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Abstract ‘Gandie No.8’is a new mid-late watermelon F1 hybrid developed by crossing B66 as female parent and B75 as male parent．The total growing period is about 99 days and the fruit matures about 31 days after pollination．It has strong growth vigor and the first fruit is set at 8th-11th nodes．The fruit is elliptical in shape with dark-green coarse gear on light green skin．The fruit shape index is 1.3．Its flesh is bright red，juicy and crispy．It tastes very sweet．The pericarp is hard to crack．It is endurable for storage and transportation．The single fruit weight is about 6.7 kg and the yield is 39.0 t?hm-2．It has good adaptability and can be grown in main watermelon production areas in China．
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Received: 02 December 2011
Published: 30 December 2011
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