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| A New Watermelon F1 Hybrid —‘Lihua No.3’ |
| HOU Dongying，HAO Kexing*，SU Dongtao，WANG Jing，ZHANG Man，HOU Fuen，ZHANG Tao，XING Hongjuan |
| College of Agricultural Economics and Management，Shanxi Agricultural University，Taiyuan 030006，Shanxi，China |
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Abstract ‘Lihua No.3’is a early-maturing small type watermelon F1 hybrid developed by crossing inbred line‘N-02-03’as female parent and inbred line‘P-09-11’as male parent．The whole growth period is about 89 days，and fruit development period is about 26 days．The plant has medium growth vigor，and is easy to bear fruit．The first female flower sets on the 5-6th node．The fruit is of oval shape and its peel is light green with green reticulate pinstripes．Its flesh is yellow in color．The peel thickness is about 0.4 cm．The single fruit weight is about 3 kg．The centre soluble solid content is 12.5%．In greenhouse cultivation it can yield about 45 t · hm-2．It is medium resistant to blight．It is suitable for protected field cultivation in spring and summer in Beijing，and Shuozhou，Yuanping，Xiaoyi，Dingxiang，Yanggao of Shanxi Province．
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Received: 30 November 2020
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