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| A New Muskmelon F1 Hybrid —‘Guimi No.12’ |
| ZHANG Man1，FANG Feng-xue2，LIU Wen-jun1，HE Zhong3，WANG Ri-sheng1，HUANG Fengchan1，GAO Zhong-kui3，TANG Dan-feng1 |
1Vegetable Research Institute， Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences， Nanning 530003， Guangxi， China；
2Sugarcane Research Institute， Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences， Nanning 530003， Guangxi， China；
3Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences， Nanning 530003， Guangxi， China |
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Abstract ‘Guimi No.12’ is a new muskmelon F1 hybrid developed by crossing 2 inbred lines 05-6
and 00610 as biparental. The variety takes about 35 days to develop fruit. The fruit is golden-yellow in
color with smooth or sparsely reticulated peel．Its flesh is orange in color and crispy．The flesh is about
3.3 cm in thickness. It tastes sweet．The soluble solid content is about 16%. Its edible parts account for
about 69%．The single fruit weight is about 1.5 kg. Its yield is about 27 t·hm-2．It is suitable to be
cultivated both in greenhouse and in open fields from spring to summer in Guangxi．
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Received: 06 August 2012
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