Breeding of New Characteristic Yellow Flesh and Seedless Watermelon Variety-Shenyu

Shenyu is the newest breeding characteristic variety of seedless watermelon which has small fruit and yellow flesh,and it is bred by Yueyang Institute of Watermelon and Muskmelon Science and Hunan Watermelon Breeding Engineering Laboratory.Shenyu watermelon is officially approved by the Hunan Provincial Crop Variety Approval Committee in March,2013.The Shenyu is around 100 d in whole growth period,and around 30 d between florescence of female flower and fruit mature;its plant has medium strong growth potential and middle size of stem and leaves,and it also has strong resistance to disease and stress;its fruit is short oval with fruit shape index of 1.2,the peel is dark green with thickness of 1.0 cm,and the flesh is fresh yellow with crisp taste,and its seedless ability is good;the soluble solids content is around 10.6% in central fruit and about 6.7% in fruit edge;the weight of single fruit is around 2~4 kg,the unit yield with normal method is around 30 000 kg/hm2,and the unit yield with vertical culture method can reach 60 000 kg/hm2.