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A New Fruit Cucumber F1 Hybrid—‘Yuexiu No. 3’ |
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Abstract ‘Yuexiu No. 3’is a new fruit cucumber F1 hybrid developed by crossing excellent inbred lines M79 as female parent and L48 as male parent.It is early maturing and gynoecious.It grows vigorously.Its fruit development period is 6-10 days and its entire growing period is about 125 days.The fruit is of short bar shape with green peel and smooth surface.Its flesh is chrisp and juicy,and light green in color.Its fruit is about 15 cm in length and 2.7 cm in width.The single fruit weight is about 80 g.It is highly resistant to powdery mildew,medium resistant to downy mildew and fusarium wilt.It can yield about 64.5 t·hm-2.It is suitable for cultivation in protected fields in Jiangsu,Zhejiang Provinces and Shanghai area.
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Received: 14 March 2014
Published: 30 May 2014
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