厚皮甜瓜新品种'嘉甜2号'的选育OA

'Jiatian 2'is a new early-maturing muskmelon cultivar developed through the hybridization of G25-5(employed as the female parent)and F0341(serving as the male parent).The fruits are oval in shape.Their peels are white,and the pulp is either white or has a slight tinge of light green.The flesh,approximately 4.0 cm in thickness,possesses a fine-grained and somewhat soft texture,and offers a sweet and palatable flavor.On average,a single fruit weight around 1.8 kg,with a refractive sugar content of roughly 16％.During early-spring cultivation,the entire growth cycle spans approximately 118 days,while in autumn cultivation,it lasts about 90 days.The fruit development phase ranges from 36 to 40 days.It shows strong growth vigor in the field,has a compact plant type,and exhibits strong comprehensive resistance.The average yield is above 40 t·hm-2.Suitable for protected cultivation in spring and autumn in Northern Zhejiang and surrounding areas,and passed the registration of non-major agricultural crop varieties by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs in March 2022,and won the Excellent Watermelon and Melon Variety Award of Zhejiang Province in June 2023.