A new Hami type melon cultivar ‘ Sutian No.4’
LI Pingfang
ZHU Lingli
YAO Xiefeng
XU Jinhua
LIU Guang
ZHANG Man
REN Runsheng
YANG Xingping
Abstract：Hami melon type ‘Sutian No.4’ is a new F1 hybrid melon by crossing ‘M-43’ as female parent and ‘M-50’ as male parent.The plant is slightly open and grows strongly with strong resistance to stress and moderate resistance to disease.The whole growth period is 110 days and the fruit development period is about 40 days.The fruit is easy to set with good consistency and early maturity.The fruit is oval,with white peel and sparse nets.The fruit flesh is light orange and the flesh thickness is 4.0 cm with excellent storage capacity.The center soluble solid content is 14.9％ and the edge soluble solid content is 9.0％.The fruit tastes crisp and juicy.The single fruit weight is 1.69 kg and per 667 m2 yield is 2 592.65 kg.It is suitable for early spring growing under protected cultivation in Jiangsu province and surrounding areas.
Keywords：Hami melonNew variety‘Sutian No.4’F1 hybrid
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( 21-23 )