Breeding of A New Medium-size Watermelon Cultivar'Xiashuang'
To enrich the variety of watermelon varieties and meet the needs of production and market,the medium fruit watermelon variety'Xiashuang'was introduced,which was suitable for the climate of the Yangtze River Basin,was easy to bear fruits,and had excellent quality.'Xiashuang'was a new medium ripening watermelon variety developed by crossbreeding'X198'as the female parent and'S2018'as the male parent.The entire growth period was about 99 d,and the fruit development period was about 32 d.The central soluble solid content was about 12.3%,and the yield was about 5 600 kg/667 m2.It was suitable for planting in Jiangxi,Hubei,Hunan and other places.