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| A New Watermelon F1 Hybrid —‘Xinggui No.5’ |
| HE Yi，LI Wen-xin*，LI Tian-yan，HONG Ri-xin，QIN Si-hua，HUANG Jin-yan，FAN Xue-jun |
| Horticulture Research Institute，Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences，Nanning 530007，Guangxi，China |
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Abstract ‘Xinggui No.5’is a new watermelon F1 hybrid developed by crossing GY3-a as female parent and SF1-e as male parent．It is early maturity. The total growing period is 85-90 days in spring sowing and 60-70 days in autumn sowing．The fruit development period is 28-30 days．The plant has mid growth vigor with ramifying ability．It is easy to set fruit．The fruit is of round shape．The fruit shape index is 1.02．The peel is dark in color with dark green stripes．The peel thickness is 1.0-1.2 cm．It is tolerant to storage and transportation．Its pulp is red in color and the pulp is sweet．Its soluble solid matter content is 10.5 %-11.5 %．The single fruit weight is 3.5-4.5 kg．It normally can yield 33.75-37.50 t?hm-2．It is suitable for cultivation in China and also can be inter-planted with sugarcane，cassava，corn and young fruit trees．Double cropping melon fields need grafting cultivation.
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Received: 12 April 2011
Published: 21 June 2011
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