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| A New Oriental Melon F1 Hybrid —‘Liaotian No.15’ |
| XU Wen-kui, LIU Shi-lei, ZHANG Jia-wang, ZHANG Geng-hong, HAN Wen-hua |
| Institute of Vegetable, Liaoning Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenyang 110161, Liaoning, China |
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Abstract ‘Liaotian No.15’is a new oriental melon F1 hybrid crossed by inbred line 02-76-1-4-8-16-1138 as female parent and inbred line 02-44-6-3-15-17-541 as male parent. It has early maturity and good storage and transportation quality. The mature fruit is of tall round-shape. Its skin is white with yellow halo, and it has sweet and crispy flesh with 15 % soluble solid content. The average single fruit weight is about 360 g and it yields about 33 t·hm-2. It is suitable for protected field cultivation in spring in Northeast of China and other areas with similar climate conditions.
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Received: 08 January 2010
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Corresponding Authors:
XU Wen-kui
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