1Crop Research Institute，Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences，Fujian Engineering Research Center for Characteristic Dry Crop Varieties Breeding，Fuzhou 350013，Fujian，China；2Fujian Provincial Seed General Station，Fuzhou 350003，Fujian，China
Abstract：‘Mindou No.9’is developed by pedigree method through sexual hybridization etween‘Mindou No.6’as female parent and ‘08B4-1’as male parent．The plant is of convergent type ith limited pod bearing habit．It takes about 79.1 days from seedling emergence to green pod harvest．This ariety belongs to southern spring soybean of medium maturity．Its average standard pod is 5.77 cm in length，standard pod is 1.38 cm in width．The fresh hundred-grain weight is 73.28 g．The VC content in fresh grain s 0.246 mg · g-1，the total sugar content is 3.5%，crude fiber content is 4.6%，starch content is 6.1%，crude at content is 4.8%，crude protein content is 11.7% and moisture content is 69.1%．It can yield fresh pod bout 10.5 t · hm-2．This variety is susceptible to anthracnose．It is suitable for cultivation in spring in Fujian rovince and regions with similar ecological conditions．
