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| A New Bitter Gourd F1 Hybrid —‘Qinglei No.1’ |
| JIANG Ding，ZHENG Yansong*，LI Guangguang，DAI Xiuchun，WU Bei，LI Xiangyang，ZHANG Hua，HUANG Zhen |
| （Guangzhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences，Guangzhou 510335，Guangdong，China） |
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Abstract Abstract：‘Qinglei No.1’is a new big top-styled bitter gourd F1 hybrid developed by hybridizationof inbred lines‘D-1-3’as female parent and inbred lines‘Y-3-6’as male parent．The plant growsvigorously，and big top-shaped fruits，dark green rind with alternating round and stripe tubercles．The fruitsare 11.4-12.6 cm in length，10.3-11.3 cm in width，and 1.15-1.16 cm in thickness．It is a medium maturingvariety which takes about 77 days for first harvesting after sowing in spring，and about 56 days in autumn．The variety’s whole growth duration lasts for about 110 and about 99 days in spring and autumn seasonsrespectively，and its harvest period lasts for around 33 days in spring and 43 days in autumn．The single fruitweight ranges from 342.3 to 420.3 grams，and 90.08%-92.10% of the harvested fruits are marketable．Thisvariety exhibits a moderate resistance against Fusarium wilt and has a yield of 30 t · hm-2 approximately．It issuitable for spring cultivation in Guangdong Province．
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Received: 04 April 2023
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