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| A New Melon F1 Hybrid—‘Yongtian No. 8’ |
| ZANG Quan-yu， MA Er-lei，WANG Yu-hong*， DING Wei-hong， HUANG Yun-ping |
| （Institute of Vegetable， Ningbo City Academy of Agricultural Sciences， Ningbo 315040， Zhejiang，China） |
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Abstract ‘Yongtan No. 8’ is a F1 hybrid melon derived from a cross between inbred line BZ-15-9-7-5-3-1 as female parent and inbred line BH-6-12-9-4-3-1 as male parent. Its fruit is of pear shape. The average single fruit weight is about 0.45 kg. The fruit rind and flesh are all white in color. The brix in fruit central part is about 13%. It is crisp with high edible quality， sweet taste and fuller aroma. In spring its fruit development period is about 30 days. The total development period is 95-110 days.‘ Yongtian No.8’ is tolerant to low temperature. It has stronger resistance to gummy stem blight，downy mildew and powdery mildew than‘Xiaobaigua’. It is suitable for facility cultivation in spring in east China areas. Its yield is about 37.5 t·hm-2.
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Received: 16 May 2014
Published: 17 July 2014
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