Inheritance of Seed Size from Diverse Crosses in Watermelon

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 19:67-69 (article 25) 1996 Jiannong Zhang Melon Research Institute, Gansu University of Agriculture, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730070, P.R. China Introduction: Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum and Nakai) is divided into two types of crops in China: common watermelon for flesh; and watermelon grown for seeds for human consumption (edible seed). Considerable diversity […]

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Breeding and Production of Watermelon for Edible Seed in China

Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative Report 19:66-67 (article 24) 1996 Jiannong Zhang Melon Research Institute, Gansu University of Agriculture, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730070, P.R. China Introduction: Edible seed watermelon had been grown in China for several hundred years, mainly as a source of edible seed. This is the same species as common watermelon grown for flesh (Citrullus lanatus […]

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