Female Flowers were Induced by Ethephon in Andromonoecious Cucumis melo L.
LI Xiao-ming1,WEI Bao-dong2,LIU Ai-qun3,ZHANG Jia-wang3,FENG Hui1*
1College of Horticulture,Shenyang Agricultural University,Shenyang 110161，Liaoning,China;2College of Food Science,Shenyang Agricultural University,Shenyang 110161,Liaoning,China;3Institute of Vegetables,Liaoning Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Shenyang 110161,Liaoning,China
Abstract：An oriental melon（Cucumis melo L.）116 and a rock melon A-2-3 were used to study the sexual phenotype induced by ethephon application on 4-leaves seedlings.The results showed that the female flowers were induced in the two andromonoecious materials during the initial stages of florescence by the application of ethephon 100-200 μL·L-1.When the fruit matured,the seed number of single fruit and seed germination rate had no significant differences with that of the control group.
