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| A New Yellow Flesh Seedless Watermelon Variety— ‘Kuijing’ |
| YU Yu-hong， TAN Hui-ming， DU Xiao-li， LI Chao， SUN Tie-liang |
| （Kaifeng City Vegetable Research Institute，Kaifeng 475003，Henan，China） |
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Abstract ‘Kuijing’ is a new seedless watermelon hybrid variety developed by crossing inbred line Ks-4N as female parent and HA-6 as male parent. It is of mid-maturity. The total growing period is about 105 days and the fruit matures 33 days after pollination. The fruit is of round shape with black peel. The fruit has beautiful appearance. The single fruit weight is 6-8 kg. The peel thickness is about 1.3 cm. The flesh is crystal yellow bicolored and crispy with good taste. The soluble solid content in central part is 11.0% and 10.5% in edge. It can normally yield 45.0-52.5 t·hm-2. It is suitable for greenhouse and open field cultivation.
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Received: 11 March 2014
Published: 31 July 2014
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