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| A New Eggplant F1 Hybrid with Purple Red Color and Lang Shape —‘Hanhong No.2’ |
| GAO Xu-chun1，TAN Tai-ming2，XU Chang-cheng2，HU Xiao-wen1，LIU Ze-pu1，GONG Ming-hui1，TAN Jie2，GUI Wei-xing1，CHEN Wei-cai1，YU Kai-ran3 |
| 1Vegetable Institute of Nanchang，Nanchang 330001，Jiangxi，China；2Vegetable Institute of Wuhan，Wuhan 430065，Hubei，China；3Vegetable Institute of Yichun,Yichun 336000，Jiangxi，China |
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Abstract ‘Hanhong No.2’is a new Purple red eggplant F1 hybrid developed by crossing E-2 as female parent with E-9 as male parent.The plant grows vigorously and matures early.It takes about 50 days from flowering to harvesting.The fruit is of long stick shape.It is about 30-35 cm in length and 3.5-4.0 cm in diameter.The average fruit weight is about 150 g.The fruit surface is purple red in color,thin and glossily.The flesh is tender and with a few seeds.It tastes sweet.Its yield is about 52.5 t·hm-2.It is suitable to be cultivated in early spring or late autumn in open field and planstic tunnel in the Yangtze River Valley.
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Received: 20 April 2009
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