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| A New Summer Squash F1 Hybrid —‘Longhu No.1’ |
| YUE Hong-zhong，ZHANG Dong-qin，HOU Dong * |
| Vegetable Research Institute，Gansu Academy of Agricultural Sciences，Lanzhou 730070，Gansu，China |
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Abstract ‘Longhu No.1’is a new summer squash F1 hybrid developed by crossing 2 inbred lines MF07 and MF15．The plant grows vigorously，and the vine is always short．It has higher resistance to virus disease and powdery mildew than‘Lvbo’in the field．The fruit is about 20 cm in length，5.0-6.0 cm in diameter with light green skin and high quality．The fruit grows rapidly with beautiful and uniform shape．It has demonstrated very good adaptability in open fields both in spring or summer with a yield of 66.0-75.0 t?hm-2.
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Received: 19 December 2011
Published: 15 February 2012
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