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| A New Bitter Gourd F1 Hybrid —‘Xiangzaoyou No.1’ |
| Xiao Changhua，Kuang Bifeng，Deng Xianchao，et al. |
| （Hengyang Institute of Vegetable Crops，Hunan 421001） |
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Abstract ‘Xiangzaoyou No.1’is a new bitter gourd F1 hybrid developed by crossing B02-1 as female parent and B18 as male parent.It possesses strong growth vigor and successive fruit setting ability.The fruit is light green in color，straight cylinder in shape，with 30-35 cm in length and 6-8 cm in width.Single fruit weight is 550-650 g.It yields about 63 t?hm-2.It is suitable to grow in green house，plastic shed or in open field in the Yangtze River Valley and the areas south to the River.
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Received: 29 February 2008
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