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| A New Muskmelon F1 Hybrid —‘Hongxing’ |
| PANG Guo-xin, SHEN Ai-min, MA Jian-hui, GUO Zeng-zhi, ZHANG Gong |
| Langfang Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciencs, Langfang 065000, Hebei, China |
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Abstract Hongxing’is a new mid-early muskmelon F1 hybrid developed by crossing inbred lines 0801（female parent）and Jin20-1（male parent）. It takes 75-90 days after sowing to harvest and 33-35 days after flowering to fruit maturity. It has a middle growth vigor and strong stress resistance. It is highly resistant to downy mildew and moderately resistant to gummy stem blight and resistant to powdery. Its fruits are round, smooth and bright yellow. Its flesh is red, crisp, sweet, good smell and the thickness is 4.0-4.5 cm. The fruits have an excellent quality, good taste and its total soluble solids content is 15.5 %. Its average fruit weight is 2.0 kg and average yield is 60 t·hm-2.‘Hongxing’is suitable to be cultivated in protected field in North China. Its planting density is 2 000 plants per 667 m2.
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Received: 23 November 2009
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Corresponding Authors:
PANG Guo-xin
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