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| A New Fresh Sweet Corn F1 Hybrid—‘Tianxian No.2’ |
| XIE Jun-xian，NIU Xiu-qun* |
| Tianshui City Agricultural Institute of Gansu Province，Tianshui 741000，Gansu，China |
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Abstract Tianxian No.2’is a single-cross hybrid sweet corn bred by crossing inbred-line I31 as female parent and inbred-line I21 as male parent．Its ear is cylindrical，21.6 cm in length．It has 14-16 rows in ear．The hundred fresh kernel weight per ear is 42.5 g．The kernels are multi-colored when harvested．The soluble sugar content is 13.45%．It has good quality and strong disease resistance．It takes 82 days from seeding to harvest．Its common yield is about 15.0 t·hm-2．It is suitable for cultivation in northern China，and can be test planted in other parts of China.
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Received: 14 March 2012
Published: 06 April 2012
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