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| A New Variety of Pumpkin —‘Yinhui No.2’ |
| QU Shu-ping, CUI Chong-shi |
| Horticulture College, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, Heilongjiang, China |
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Abstract ‘Yinhui No.2’was released by systematic breeding involved in segregation populations, which was obtained from crossing European pumpkin‘Mali’inbred lines No. 95-23 with‘Hulinmiangua’inbred lines.‘Yinhui No.2’showed strong growth vigor and stronger resistance. There was fewer branching in its main stem. The first flower grew at the 6-8 axilae, the fruits grew at the 10-12 axilae. Its growing period was about 115 days. Its fruit was oblate. The mature fruits were gray in color. The fruit was 4-5 kg in weight, with 3-5 ventricles. The seed number per fruit was 300-350. The hundred-seed weight was 35-40 g. Its seed was snowy white in color, 1.2 cm in width, and 2.16 cm in length. The seed yield was 1.1-1.5 t·hm-2. It is resistant to virus disease and powdery mildew.
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Received: 11 January 2010
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