%0 Journal Article %A Xunhui CHENG %A Zhao XIE %A Zhongzhou YANG %A Wei DAI %A Zuyun DAI %A Jianghua SONG %T A New Melon Cultivar‘Jianghuaimi 7’ %D 2021 %R 10.16420/j.issn.0513-353x.2020-0018 %J Acta Horticulturae Sinica %P 1841-1842 %V 48 %N 9 %X

‘Jianghuaimi 7’is a new late maturing thick skin netted-melon cultivar which was bred from X-25 as female parent and H-3 as male parent. The cultivar has strong growth potential,oval fruit covered with gray green net. It is easy to bear fruit,especially setting in 8-10 knots. The orange red flesh is tender and crispy,3.0 cm in thickness. The soluble solids content is 11%-17%. The average fruit weight is 2 kg. The whole growth period is 112 d. The fruit development period is about 38 d. The yield is 40 260-45 000 kg · hm-2. The cultivar has strong resistance to heat and moderate resistance to powdery mildew and downy mildew. The cultivar is suitable for protected cultivation in spring and autumn in central and eastern China.

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