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| A New Watermelon F1 Hybrid —‘Huazhixiu’ |
| SUN Shou-ru1, ZHANG Ju-ping2, MA Chang-sheng1,3*, SUN Zhong-wei3, ZHU Wei-ling3 |
| 1Horticulture College, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, Henan, China; 2College of Forestry, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471003, Henan, China; 3Henan Yuyi Seed Company Ltd., Zhengzhou 450002, Henan, China |
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Abstract ‘Huazhixiu’is a new watermelon F1 hybrid with medium maturity. It was developed by crossing M02-10 as female parent and JF-11 as male parent. Its growing period is about 105 days from sowing to harvest. Its fruit matures about 32 days after pollination. The first fruit is set at 8 th-10 th nodes. The fruit is elliptical shaped with dark-green wide stripes on green skin. The sphericity index is 1.38. Its flesh is red, juicy and crispy. It tastes very sweet. The pericarp is hard to crack. It is suitable for storage and transportation. The average fruit weight is about 8.5 kg and the yield is 46.5 t·hm-2. This variety has good adaptability and can be grown in main watermelon production areas in China.
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Received: 19 October 2009
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Corresponding Authors:
MA Chang-sheng
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