Breeding of a new pumpkin cultivar ‘ Yunnangua No.1’
LONG Ronghua
PU Enda
TAO Pang
WAN Hong
ZHANG Yanming
GAO Huabin
YANG Xingzhu
TANG Ting
ZHOU Pinglan
Abstract：‘Yunnangua No.1’ is a fresh food type pumpkin variety,which was bred through self segregation of 10 generations of ‘Jiangbinggua’ which is a kind of local excellent pumpkin germplasm resources in Yunnan province.It is suitable for extensive cultivation because of plant sprawls.Its shape is oblate,concave top,flat navel,and uniform longitudinal edge on fruit surface.The cotor of skin is green in tender stage,and ginger in mature stage.The color of flesh is light green in tender stage,and orange-yellow in mature stage.The mature fruit of this variety has rich nutrition,containing 0.59％ protein,5.96％ total sugar,5.96％ total starch and 3.95g·kg-1 total amino acid.It tastes crisp,sweet and little soft.The average weight of tender pumpkin was 1.0 kg,and mature pumpkin was 2 kg.The maximum weight of mature pumpkin reaches up to 3.5 kg.The tender pumpkin can be harvested after 60 days of plantation.The yield of tender pumpkin was 4 500 kg and mature pumpkin was 3 850 kg per 667 m2.The whole growth period is about 170 days.
Keywords：PumpkinNew Variety‘ Yunnangua No.1’Breeding
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 26-28 )