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http://dx.doi.org/10.7235/hort.2013.12176

Cultivation Characteristics of Wild Weedy Melons Collected in Korea  

Lee, Woo Sung (Department of Horticultural Science, Kyungpook National University)
Suh, Dong Hwan (Department of Horticultural Science, Kyungpook National University)
Lee, Ha Yoon (Department of Horticultural Science, Kyungpook National University)
Noriyuki, Fujishita (College of Agriculture, University of Osaka Prefecture)
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Horticultural Science & Technology / v.31, no.4, 2013 , pp. 467-472 More about this Journal
Abstract
Twenty and 16 accessions of the countrywide weedy melon (Cucumis melo var. agrestis) collections were evaluated in 1986 and 1990, respectively. There was a good variation in the plant height and their leaves were small in general. In sex expression, 30 of the accessions were andromonoecious, 4 were monoecious and 2 were hermaphrodite. Female flower set on main stems was extremely rare except for on hermaphrodite. On andromonoecious and monoecious plants, abundant female flowers set at the 1st and 2nd node of branch vines. Bitter taste was found in the young fruits of all the accessions tested. Mature fruits were dark yellow, yellow, light yellow or milky white in color, small in size, and very low in sweet taste. The number of seeds per fruit varied from 50.6 to 158.4 showing the characteristics of wild species for perpetuation in wild.
Keywords
Cucumis melo var. agrestis; genetic resources; sex expression;
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