Abstract:
In order to screen out the high-yield and high-quality Indian pumpkin varieties suitable for being planted in Zhouning area, a comparative experiment was conducted on 27
Cucurbita maxima combinations prepared by the Vegetable Research Laboratory of Crop Research Institute of Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, with Yipin as the control group. The results showed that
Cucurbita maxima combinations 2023011 and 2023015 had high yield and vigorous plant growth. All of them were mainly cranberry melons with thick and oblate shape. The skin color of fruits at maturity stage was dark green. The fruit pedicles were slightly convex and flat respectively, while the fruit navels were flat, and the size of the fruits was moderate. The equivalent yields were 33064.1 kg·hm
−2and 31491.9 kg·hm
−2, respectively, which was 6.6%−11.9% higher than that of the control Yipin. The commodity indexes such as the yield, melon shape and melon pedicel shape could all meet the market demand. The meat was dense, the taste was powdery, and the comprehensive character was excellent, so it was suitable to be planted in Zhouning area.