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| A New Pumpkin F1 Hybrid—‘Miniyu’ |
| MA Jian-xiang，WEI Chun-hua，WANG En-yu，LI Wan-ru，ZHANG Xian* |
| College of Horticulture，Northwest A & F University，State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas，Yangling 712100，Shaanxi，China |
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Abstract ‘Miniyu’is a new pumpkin F1 hybrid developed by crossing inbred line‘Su 04-8-09’as female parent and inbred line‘Yu 07-15-10’as male parent．It is of early maturity．It takes 80-85 days from field planting to first harvest of commodity melon under facility cultivation．This variety has strong and successive fruit bearing ability．The fruit is of oblateness shape．Its peel is white in color．The single fruit weight is around 200-300 g．Its pulp tastes sweet and pastries with good quality．Its resistances to virus disease，powdery mildew，and grey mold are stronger than that of the contrast‘Ribenjugua’in fields．It is tolerant to storage and can yield about 24 t · hm-2．This variety is suitable for facility cultivation in Shaanxi Province in spring．
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Received: 13 January 2020
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