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| A New Cucumber F1 Hybrid —‘Jingyan 118’ for Protected Field in Spring and Autumn |
| MAO Ai-jun 1，WEN Chang-long 1，CHEN Chun-xiu 1，CHENG Lin 2 |
1 Beijing Vegetable Research Center，Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Science，Beijing JingYan YiNong Sci-Tech Development Center，Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops （North China），Ministry of Agriculture，Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture North），Ministry of Agriculture，Beijing Key Laboratory of Vegetable Germplasm Improvement，Beijing 100097，China；2 Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Protected Vegetable Molecular Breeding，Shandong Shouguang Vegetable Seed Industry Group Co. Ltd，Shouguang 262700，Shandong，
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Abstract ‘Jingyan 118’ is a new cucumber F1 hybrid of dense spines type in North China．It is suitable
for cultivation in greenhouse in spring，and in plastic tunnel in spring and autumn in northern China．Its female
parent and male parent are inbred lines‘ Y3-6’and‘ H15-2’，respectively．The plant has strong growth vigor．
It is of medium-early maturity．It is resistant to downy mildew，powdery mildew and CMV and tolerant to low
temperature and weak light．The fruit is stick shaped，straight with short carpopodium，small heart chamber，
dense spines and small warts on its peel．The waist cucumber is about 32 cm in length．The single fruit weight is
between 200-240 g．Its pulp is light green in color with sweet crisp taste．This variety possesses successive fruit
setting ability and high yielding potential．Its yield can reach 139.5 t·hm-2．
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Received: 28 July 2017
Published: 13 November 2017
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