Development of seedless watermelon variety——Huami No. 3

Huami No. 3 is triploid seedless watermelon developed by using tetraploid inbred W40-2-3 as female parent and diploid inbred G03-8 as male parent. It is a high yield seedless watermelon variety with good disease resistance, vigorous plant and uniform fruit set. The fruit matures 110 days from sowing and 30 to 34 days from flowering. The fruit is globe shaped with green skin color and deep green well defined narrow stripes. The rind thickness is 1.2-1.4 cm. The flesh is red and crisp with center soluble solids content 11.5%. The average fruit weight is about 5 kg and 667m2 yield is 4 000 kg. This variety is suitable for commercial production in Henan, Jiangxi, Hunan provinces. It is officially approved for commercial release in 2007 by Henan Commercial Variety Registration Authority.