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| A New Fresh Sweet Corn F1 Hybrid —‘Tianxian No. 1’ |
| XIE Jun-xian，NIU Xiu-qun* |
| Tianshui Institute of Agricultural Sciences，Tianshui 741000，Gansu，China |
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Abstract ‘Tianxian No. 1’is an early maturing F1 hybrid sweet corn，bred by crossing inbred-line B9 as female parent and inbred-line Z51 as male parent．Its ear is cylindrical，21.3 cm in length．There were 14-16 rows in ear．And one hundred fresh kernels per ear is 45.6 g．The kernels are white when harvested．The soluble sugar content is 10.06%．It has good quality．In spring sowing it takes 84 days from seeding to harvesting fresh ear．In summer sowing，it takes 72 days．Its common yield is 16.5 t?hm-2，and it is suitable for cultivation in Northern China.
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Received: 02 March 2012
Published: 17 April 2012
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