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| A New Pumpkin F1 Hybrid — ‘Guifeng No.1’ |
| LIU Wen-jun1， ZHANG Man1*， FAN Ai-li1， ZHOU Jian-hui1， HE Zhong2， WU Zhi-xiong3， GAO Zhongkui
2， CHEN Qing-fang3 |
（1Vegetable Research Institute， Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences， Nanning 530007，Guangxi，China； 2 Base
Management Office， Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences， Nanning 530007，Guangxi，China； 3Guangxi Rate Seed
Co.，LTD， Nanning 530003，Guangxi，China） |
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Abstract ‘ Guifeng No.1’ is a new pumpkin F1 hybrid developed by crossing inbred line 802 as female parent
and inbred line 801 as male parent. It is of medium maturity with strong growth vigor. Its fruit development period
is about 35 days and the entire growth stage is about 120 days. The first female flower sets on 21-26 nodes， then
every 4-6 node has a female flower. The matured fruit is orange-yellow in color and of long hammer shape. The fruit
is about 47.7 cm in length and 16.5 cm in diameter. The average single fruit weight is 5.1 kg. The flesh of matured
mellon is deep orange red in color， and the thickness is 3.8-4.6 cm. It tastes sweet. Its yield is 32.7 t·hm-2 in
spring，and 27.5 t·hm-2 in autumn. It is suitable to be cultivated in Guangxi Autonomus Region and areas with
similar climate conditions.
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Received: 14 July 2014
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