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| A New Cucumber F1 Hybrid —‘Zhongnong No. 18’ |
| GU Xing-fang，ZHANG Sheng-ping，WANG Ye， MIAO Han，MA Bin-sheng |
| （Institute of Vegetables and Flowers， Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences， Beijing 100081， China） |
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Abstract ‘Zhongnong No. 18’ is a newly bred cucumber F1 hybrid using inbred line 081048 as
maternal parent and 081006 as paternal parent．It is of early maturity．Its fruits are setting on the main
stem．The fruit is 33-38 cm in length with short neck and dark green skin．It has high commercial fruit
rate．It has resistance to powdery mildew，downy mildew，Fusarium wilt，WMV，ZYMV and midresistance
to CMV．It has high yield potential．It can yield over 150 t·hm-2．It is suitable for plastic
tunnel and open field cultivation.
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Received: 10 December 2012
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