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| A New Mini-fruit Watermelon F1 Hybrid — ‘Manchun’ |
| YU Yuhong，ZHAO Xiaolong，ZHANG Lin，ZHAO Jinhe，ZHAI Chao，DING Cong |
| Kaifeng Institute of Vegetable Science，Kaifeng 475003，Henan，China |
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Abstract ‘Manchun’ is a new early-maturing mini-fruit watermelon developed by crossing selfing line ‘S14’ as female parent and selfing line ‘S15’ as male parent．Its plant has strong growth vigor．The whole plant growth period is about 90 days and fruit developing period is about 28 days．The fruit is of round shape．The peel is green in color covered with dark green narrow strips．Its pulp is red in color with crisp texture．The central soluble solid matter content is about 11.7%．It is of good quality．Its peel is about 0.4 cm in thickness．The single fruit weight is about 2.0 kg．It can yield about 37.5 t·hm-2．It is suitable for protected field cultivation in early spring in Henan area．
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