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A New White Cucumber of Southern China Type -‘ Baifu No.10’ |
GU Song,GAO Xian-ai,CHEN Zhen-yue,YU Yuan,TANG Qu-lin,CHEN Jiu-ai |
Huangshi City Vegetable Research Institute,Huangshi 435000,Hubei,China |
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Abstract ‘Baifu No.10’ is a new white cucumber F1 hybrid of southern China type bred by crossing‘ 131-
1-1’ as female parent and‘ C602-2’ as male parent. It is of early maturity. Its plant has strong growth vigor. The
marketable fruit is 25.7 cm in length,about 4.2 cm in diameter. Its resistant to downy mildew,powdery mildew
and bacterial angular leaf spot disease is stronger than that of the contrast‘Yanbai’. The single fruit weight is 0.29
kg. Its fruit has white color peel and less papilloma. The fruit tastes sweet and fragrant without bitter flavor. It can
yield about 72.0 t·hm-2. It is suitable for cultivation in greenhouse and open fields in early spring in the Yangtze
River basin.
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Received: 06 June 2016
Published: 04 August 2016
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