Breeding of a New Watermelon Variety‘Huanghe Huaguanlong’ with High Yield and Disease Resistance
SHI Fan-sheng
LAN Gang
FAN Lei-lei
JING Peng-fei
CHEN Yan
LIU Qi-xin
Abstract:‘Huanghe Huaguanlong’is developed by using‘JI910’as female parent and‘LT-6’as male parent. The whole growing period is about 101 days from sowing and the fruit development period is about 33 days from flowing. The fruit is oblong and the skin is dark green with regular wide stripes. The average fruit weights 8 kg and 667 m2 yield is about 4 500-5 500 kg. The flesh is red,sweet and fine texture. The plant is strong and has good fruit set. The cultivar is resistant to common diseases and insect pests. The variety is easy to grow with good return. The variety is suitable for most areas of northern China. The variety is approved by the Shanxi Provincial Crop Variety Evaluation Committee in 2014,the authorized number is“Jin watermelon 2014002”.
Keywords:WatermelonNew variety‘Huanghe Huaguanlong’High YieldDisease Resistance
Publication Date:2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date:2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages:3( 22-24 )
China Cucurbits and Vegetables

China Cucurbits and Vegetables

PKUISTIC
ISSN:1673-2871
Year, Vol.(Issue):2014,(6)