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A New Wax Gourd F1 Hybrid—‘ Guanyan No.1 xiaodonggua’ |
ZHUANG Hua-cai,CHEN Li-na,DU Cai-xian,ZHENG Han-wen,GAO Fang-yun,LI Hong-bo,GUO Quan-xiang |
Dongguan City Banana and Vegetable Institute,Dongguan 523061,Guangdong,China |
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Abstract ‘Guanyan No.1 xiaodonggua’ is a small wax gourd F1 hybrid developed by crossing‘ Guanhei 09-214’ as female parent and‘ Huazhen 09-312’ as male parent. The plant has strong growth vigor,better branching,and mid-early maturity. The fruit is of short cylinder shape,with dark green and non-wax peel. The average single fruit weight is 1.10-1.33 kg,15-16 cm in length,10-11 cm in diameter,2.5-2.9 cm in fresh thickness. Its commercial rate is high. The single plant can bear over 4 fruits,and get 3-4 kg yield. The average yield is 42 t·hm-2. It is resistant to Fusarium wilt and tolerant to storage and transportation. It is suitable for cultivation in open fields or plastic shed in the south and north of China.
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Received: 26 June 2015
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