|
|
A New Crisp Flesh Muskmelon F1 Hybrid —‘Nongdatian No.5’ |
ZHANG Yong,MA Jian-xiang,WEI Chun-hua,LI Hao,WANG Yan-ni,ZHANG Xian* |
College of Horticulture,Northwest A & F University,State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas,Yangling 712100,Shaanxi,China |
|
|
Abstract ‘Nongdatian No.5’ is a new F1 hybrid of muskmelon developed by crossing selfing line‘ M105’ as female parent and selfing line‘ M106’ as male parent.Its plant has vigorous growth vigor.The fruit development period is about 34 days.Its fruit is of oval shape with white and smooth peel.Its flesh is white in color and tastes crisp.The flesh thickness is about 3.8 cm.The central soluble solid content is 16.2%-17.6%,and that in edge part is 11.6%-13.1%.The single fruit weight is around 1.3 kg.It can yield 40.5-43.5 t·hm-2.It is suitable for cultivation in protected fields in Shaanxi Province in spring.
|
Received: 10 August 2017
Published: 03 November 2017
|
|
|
|
|
|
|