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| A New Pumpkin F1 Hybrid—‘Milong’ |
| MA Hai-long，YUE Qing，ZHI Hai-ying，MIAO Ru-yi* |
| （Institute of Horticulture，Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences，Taiyuan 030031，Shanxi，China） |
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Abstract ‘Milong’ is a early-maturing pumpkin F1 hybrid developed by crossing inbred line DP1-121（Cucurbita maxima Duch.）as female parent and XT-221（C. moschata Duch.）as male parent. The first female flower sets at about the 6th node. It takes 49 days from flowering to harvest. The fruit is blackish green in color，and of oblate shape with shallow ditch. The fruit pulp is thick，and yellow in color. It tastes sweet，floury，and
delicate with good flavor. It is tolerant to storage and transportation. The single fruit weight is about 3.0 kg. It yields
67.5 t · hm-2. It is suitable for cultivation in open fields in spring.
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Received: 04 December 2014
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