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| A New Sponge Gourd F1 Hybrid—‘Zaoyou No.6’ |
| WANG An-le，DENG Wen-qiao，YU Lv |
| Changsha Vegetable Research Institute，Changsha 410003，Hunan，China |
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Abstract ‘Zaoyou No.?6’is a new sponge gourd F1 hybrid developed by crossing S-04-18 as female parent and S-05-6 as male parent．It matures extremely early and grows vigorously．The first female flour sets at 5th-7th node and the fruit setting ability is strong．The fruit is of long rod shape with light green and wrinkled skin．The pulp is tender with sweet taste．Its fruit is well shaped and has good commodity．It has high yield．In field investigation，its resistance to virus disease and bacterial angular leaf spot is equal to that of the contrast‘Changsharousigua’．Its fruit is 40 cm in length and 5 cm in diameter and the average single fruit weight is about 500 g．It yields about 75.0 t·hm-2．It is suitable to be cultivated in different areas of China．
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Received: 27 March 2012
Published: 10 April 2012
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