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| A New Melon Variety —‘Feicuilyubao’ with High Quality and Multi-resistance |
| MA Er-lei，ZANG Quan-yu，DING Wei-hong，WANG Yu-hong*，HUANG Yun-ping |
| Ningbo Academy of Agricultural Sciences，Ningbo Key Laboratory for Breeding of Cucurbitaceous Vegetables，Ningbo 315040，Zhejiang，China |
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Abstract ‘Feicuilyubao’ is a new melon F1 hybrid of high quality and thin-skinned，developed by cross inbred line ‘BP187’as female parent and inbred line ‘HDQ’ as male parent．Its fruit is of pear shape．The average single fruit weight is about 0.53 kg．The peel is green in color，with occasional yellow halo at maturity．Its pulp is green．The brix at fruit central part is 12.88%．The fruit tastes crisp，sweet and refreshing．The fruit is of medium maturity．In spring，the fruit development period is about 34 days，its total growth period is about 98 days．In summer and autumn，the fruit development period is about 31 days，and the total growth period is about 80 days．‘Feicuilyubao’ is resistant to gummy stem blight，moderate resistant to powdery mildew，downy mildew and Fusarium wilt．Generally it can yield about 31.5 t · hm-2．It is suitable for protected cultivation in spring and autumn in East China region．
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Received: 17 December 2019
Published: 10 February 2020
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