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| A New Watermelon F1 Hybrid —‘Guifei’ |
| XIE Huayun，HE Yi*，HONG Rixin，YE Yunfeng，LI Guifen，QIN Sihua，HUANG Jinyan，LIU Tangjing，CHEN Dongkui，LI Tianyan |
| Horticulture Research Institute，Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences，Nanning 530007，Guangxi，China |
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Abstract ‘Guifei’is a new watermelon F1 hybrid of early maturity developed by crossing inbred
line‘HL4334’as female parent and inbred line‘HHH3-1’as male parent．In spring cultivation，its whole
growing period is about 96 days and the fruit development period is about 30 days．In autumn cultivation，its
whole growing period is about 75 days and the fruit development period is about 28 days．The plant has strong
growth vigor and is easy to bear fruit．Its fruit is of oval shape．The peel is dark green in color with dark green
stripes．The fruit peel is 0.8-1.0 cm in thickness．The flesh is bright red in color with delicate，sweat and crisp
quality．The center soluble solid content is 11.5%．The single fruit weight is 2.5-3.8 kg．It can yield about
34.5 t · hm-2．It is suitable for open field cultivation in Guangxi regions．
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Received: 10 October 2020
Published: 30 January 2021
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