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| A New Bitter Gourd F_1 Hybrid —‘Chunyu’ |
| Hu Xinjun; Su Jianwen; Yuan Zuhua; et al. |
| Hunan Vegetable Research Institute; Key Lab of Hunan Vegetable Enginering & Technology; Changsha 410125 |
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Abstract Chunyu is a new bitter gourd F_1 hybrid developed by crossing two inbred lines G91022-1 and G91064.The first female flower occurs at 8th-10th node. The average fruit is about 26-28 cm in length, 6-7 cm in diameter,1.2 cm in flesh thickness and 326 g in weight. Its skin is green with spines. It takes 59 days from sowing to the first harvesting. Its early yield is 6.3 t·hm~-2, and total yield is 48.0 t·hm~-2. It has stronger resistance to powdery mildew and blight than Guangxidarou No.1, and tolerance to heat...
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Received: 16 August 2005
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