Breeding of a New Cucumber Variety‘Mingyan 4’

‘Mingyan 4’is a newly bred cucumber variety by Sanming academy of Agricultural Sciences with Shaxian local cucumber as female parent and‘B-38’introduced from Guangdong as male parent.‘Mingyan 4’showes following advantages:early maturity,high yield,strong branches,high continuous fruiting rate,deep-green peel,bright-green and tasty flesh,good flavor,and high commercial value.The whole growth period of‘Mingyan 4’is 130d,yields 61 399.5-83 047.5kg.hm-2,increasing by 7.6%-48.1%compared to the control‘Zhongnong 8’ when tested in plots,variety comparison and field from 2007to 2010