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A New Sweet Pepper F1 Hybirid —‘ Jiujiao No.1’ |
ZHU Xin-ming*,FENG Tao**,WANG Lai-tian,HE Jun-hong |
Jiuquan City Institute of Agricultural Sciences,Jiuquan 73500,Gansu,China |
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Abstract ‘Jiujiao No.1’ is a new sweet pepper F1 hybrid developed by crossing inbred line‘ PM-318’ as
female parent and‘ PF-216’ as male parent. It is of early maturity and its growing period is 115 days. Its fruit is of
lantern shape with smooth and thin peel. It is 12.8 cm in length and 8.1 cm in diameter. Its tender fruit is saffron
and mature one is orange-red in color. Its flesh is crisp,sweet,and 0.4 cm in thickness. Its resistance to blight
and virus diseases is stronger than that of the contrast‘Qiemen’. The number of fruits per plant is 6-8. Its single
fruit weight is 217.0 g. It can yield over 57 t·hm-2. It is suitable to be cultivated in protected and open fields in
Hexi area of Gansu Province.
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Received: 21 March 2016
Published: 08 October 2016
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