Breeding of a new early-maturing medium-fruit watermelon cultivar Kaimei No.3
LIU Hongbing
DONG Wei
LI Hailun
LUO Xiaodan
ZHAO Weixing
ZHAO Xiaolong
YU Yuhong
HUO Zhibang
HOU Shengcan
LI Junhua
Abstract：Kaimei No.3 is a new early-maturing medium-fruit watermelon cultivar bred by crossing inbred line KF1518 as female parent and inbred line KF1508 as male parent.The whole growth period of this cultivar is about 97 days in spring greenhouse cultivation,and the fruit development period is about 28 days.This cultivar has good early maturity and low light tolerance.The fruit is round,the peel is light green and covered with dark green medium-width dentate bands,covered with wax powder,the peel is tough and resistant to storage and transportation.The flesh color is bright red,and the texture is crisp.The soluble solids content in the heart is 12.5%,and the soluble solids content in the edge is 10.3%.The average single fruit mass is 4.9 kg,and the yield per 667 m2 of greenhouse climbing cultivation is about 3300 kg.It is suitable for early spring protected and open field cultivation in Henan province and surrounding provinces.
Keywords：WatermelonNew cultivarKaimei No.3Early-maturingMedium-fruit
Publication Date：2026-02-05
Online Publishing Date：2026-03-10(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 220-224 )