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| A New Thick-skin Melon F1 Hybrid —‘Yongtian No.7’ |
| WANG Yu-hong，ZANG Quan-yu，MA Er-lei*，DING Wei-hong，HUANGFU Wei-guo，HUANG
Yun-ping |
| Institute of Vegetable， Ningbo Academy of Agricultural Sciences， Ningbo 315040， Zhejiang， China |
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Abstract ‘Yongtian No.7’ is an F1 hybrid melon with crispy flesh and thick skin. It is bred by
crossing inbred line YW06-1 as female parent with YW10-3 as male parent．The fruit is ellipse in
shape．Its single weight is about 1.8 kg．The peel is white in color with dense net．Its flesh is orange in
color．It tastes crispy and fine．The Brix in the central part of fruit is over 15%．The fruit developing
period is about 40 days in spring and 38 days in summer．The whole developing period is about 100-
110 days in spring and 80 days in summer．Field investigation shows that‘ Yongtian No. 7’ is resistant
to gummy stem blight，and it can yield 16.2-36.0 t·hm-2．It is suitable for facility cultivation in spring
and fall in eastern China region.
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Received: 01 February 2013
Published: 18 March 2013
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