A New Cucumber Hybrid for Protected Cultivation —‘Zhongnong No.26’
GU Xing-fang1, ZHANG Sheng-ping1, WANG Ye1, XU Cai-qing1, LIU Wei1, LI Zhu-mei2
1Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China; 2General Seed Administration Station of Shanxi Province, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi, China
Abstract：‘Zhongnong No.26’is a newly bred cucumber F1 hybrid using inbred line 01316 as maternal parent and 04348 as paternal parent. Its fruit is about 30 cm in length with short neck and dark green skin. It has resistance to downy mildew, powdery mildew, ZYMV, WMV, mid-resistance to Fusarium wilt. It is tolerate to low temperature and weak light. It can bear fruit sustainably and has remarkable high yielding potential. It can yield 133.5 t·hm-2 in early spring in solar-greenhouse. It is suitable for protected cultivation, especially for solar-greenhouse.
