A New Green Bitter Gourd F1 Hybrid —‘Guanchun No.5’
LI Zhi，MIAO Ming-jun，YANG Liang，LI Yue-jian，XIAO Ping，CHANG Wei*
Horticultural Research Institute，Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences，Vegetable Germplasm Innovation and Variety Improvement Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province，Chengdu 610066，Sichuan，China
‘Guanchun No.5’ is a new green bitter gourd F1 hybrid developed by crossing inbred line‘ 327’as
female parent and inbred line‘ 186’as male parent．The plant grows vigorously and is of early maturity．Both
its main and side vines can bear fruits．It takes 82 days from sowing to harvest．The first female flower sets on
the 7-8th node of its main vine．Its fruit is long clavate shaped，25-35 cm in length，5-7 cm in transverse
diameter．The fruit flesh thickness is 0.9-1.0 cm．The single fruit weight is about 420 g．It has light green peel，
the spots and strip intervals with its cuticular nodule．Its fruit navel is blunt and its pulp is crisp with light bitter
flavor．Its yield is 45 t·hm-2 in spring cultivation．Its resistance to powdery mildew and Phytophthora blight in
the fields is better than that of the contrast‘ Xinnongcunyoulyukugua’．It is suitable to be cultivated in Sichuan
Province and Chongqing Municipality．
李志，苗明军，杨亮，李跃建，肖平，常伟*. 绿皮苦瓜新品种冠春5 号的选育[J]. 中国蔬菜, 2017, 1(12): 66-68.
LI Zhi，MIAO Ming-jun，YANG Liang，LI Yue-jian，XIAO Ping，CHANG Wei. A New Green Bitter Gourd F1 Hybrid —‘Guanchun No.5’. China Vegetables, 2017, 1(12): 66-68.
