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| A New Watermelon F1 Hybrid —‘Meiwang’ |
| YUN Wen-jun,ZHENG Jian-li，JIA Hui |
| Seed Administrant Station of Lanzhou，Lanzhou 730050，Gansu，China |
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Abstract A new early maturity watermelon F1 hybrid‘Meiwang’was bred by crossing M16 as female parent and W-2 as male parent.Its fruit development period is about 30 days,and the whole growing period is about 97 days in field planting.But the fruit development period is about 50 days if they were planted in greenhouse.The nodes of fruit set were lower,and its first female flower was sited on the 6th nodes of main vine,the following female flower was sited every 2-3 nodes.Although the growth potential were not blooming,the ability of fruit setting was high and growth uniformity were identical,at the same time it is resistant to low temperature and poor light.Fruit with pellet shape were coved with blank green bands in bottom areas,the color of flesh was bright red and its section was uniform.The soluble solid content in the core area of flesh is 11.6 %,and which is 10.6 % in brim area,the VC content is 84 mg·kg-1.The melon had high quality and good flavor.The single fruit was about 3.5 kg,and the yield were 57 t·hm-2.It can be cultivated in protected or early planted in open field.
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Received: 24 November 2008
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