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| Effect of Different Male-flower Picking Time and Storage Temperature on Melon Pollen Viability |
| ZHANG Yong-ping, YANG Shao-jun, CHEN You-yuan* |
| Horticultural Research Institute, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Protected Horticultural Technology, Shanghai 201403, China |
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Abstract Taking 3 stable inbred-lines of melon（Cucumis melon L.）as experimental material, we studied the effects of different male-flower picking time and storage temperature on their pollen viabilities. The results indicated that the pollen viabilities of 3 melon cultivars were the best at 8：00 am and then decreased gradually as time extended. Under low temperature of 4 ℃, the pollen viability could maintain in good condition and as time flew, it also drop down. But pollen viabilities and retaining times of different melon cultivars were different.
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Received: 08 October 2010
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