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| A New Early Oriental Melon F1 Hybrid —‘Tangtian No.11’ |
| WANG Naihong，REN Ruixing，LI Juan，ZHANG Aimin，ZHAO Xiaoxue，SUN Xun |
| Tangshan Academy of Agricultural Sciences，Tangshan 063000，Hebei，China |
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Abstract ‘Tangtian No.11’is a new early oriental melon F1 hybrid developed by crossing inbred
line‘ZS875632’as female parent and inbred line‘XR12-132156’treated with proton beam（H + ）as male parent．It is of early maturity．Its whole growth period is 65-72 days and fruit development period is about 30 days．The plant has strong growth potential．Both son vine and grandson vine can bear fruits and the setting rate is high．The fruit is of round shape and has white peel decorated with yellow halo．The flesh is white in color with about 2.5 cm thickness and tastes crisp．The content of soluble solids in the center of the fruit is 15.5%，and the single melon weight is 0.45 kg．It can yield about 39 t · hm-2 ．It is suitable for planting in spring in oriental melon product areas of Hebei．
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Received: 30 December 2022
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