Abstract:

To solve variety singularity and aging of oriental sweet melon in Linyi, and screen a (or several) new cultured variety that adaptive for plastic tunnel during early spring in our city, we carried out a variety comparison experiment between five new introduced melon varieties and the local mainly planted varieties ‘Jingtian 208’ , and some traits, such as growth vigor, earliness, high yield, fruit commodity value and disease resistance were surveyed. The results showed that distinct advantages and disadvantages existed between the three new introduced melon varieties (‘Baiyishengxue’, ‘Ribentianbao’ and ‘Baishami’) and the local mainly planted varieties ‘Jingtian 208’. The comprehensive characters of ‘Shantian 1’ and ‘Zaobaitangwang’ were excellent, they showed nice growth vigor, disease resistance and earliness, and compare with ‘Jingtian 208’, their production increased by 29.97% and 4.37% respectively.