ACTA AGRICULTURAE BOREALI-SINICA ›› 2011, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (S2): 37-42. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.2011.S2.010

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Multivariate Analysis on Bioagronomical Traits of Cucumis melo L. Germplasm

WEN Le-xin1, ZHOU Li1, LIU iang1, LIU Li1, SHE Jian-hua2   

  1. 1. College of Agriculture and Bioengineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China;
    2. Horticultural Research Institute, Xinjiang Academy of Agriculture Sciences, Urumqi 830001, China
  • Received:2011-10-20 Published:2011-12-31

Abstract: Multivariate analysis was performed on 24 traits of 370 accessions covering 9 varieties of Cucumis melo in the present study.results showed that the traits on fruit size,seed size and development period of plant and fruit were rather positively connected;similarly,rapid yellowing of epidermis and abscission of peduncle at maturity used for evaluating ripeness were positively related.There was rich variability on the development period of fruit and characters about fruit and seed within 370 accessions.Factor analysis revealed that the contribution of the first 3 principal components(PC1,PC2 and PC3)for the variation in melon was accumulated to 50.2%,PC1 and PC2 distinguished different groups by fruit size and rapid yellowing of epidermis or abscission of peduncle at maturity respectively.The scattered distribution of the undefined genotypes and overlaps or intersections within some varieties in the scatter diagram illustrated that breeding materials of melon nowadays were hybrids after continuous crossing with different varieties.Multivariate analysis of Cucumis melo.L is helpful in breeding.

Key words: Melon, Breeding resources, Diversity, Multivariate analysis

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WEN Le-xin, ZHOU Li, LIU iang, LIU Li, SHE Jian-hua. Multivariate Analysis on Bioagronomical Traits of Cucumis melo L. Germplasm[J]. ACTA AGRICULTURAE BOREALI-SINICA, 2011, 26(S2): 37-42. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.2011.S2.010.

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