Beijing festival-goers get creative with watermelon
A special watermelon festival kicked off in Beijing's Daxing district on May 25. Visitors competed to find new ways to cook with watermelon, from watermelon-flavored desserts to watermelon-filling dumplings. Delicate watermelon carvings also caught many eyes. [People's Daily Online]..
Watermelon festival in China
Nowadays, more and more watermelon festival had been held in China, such as shenxian(May 16), pingyu(May 20), pucheng(May 23), daxing(May 25). watermelon festival in shenxian watermelon festival in pucheng watermelon festival in pingyu There were reports about the watermelon cultivation and management, beautiful design fashioned by watermelon, kinds ..
CLAID MUJAJU FROM ZIMBABWEANA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE VISITED ZHENGZHOU FRUIT RESEARCH INSTITUTE, CAAS
CLAID MUJAJU, who comes from seeds and resources research center of Zimbabweana ministry of agriculture visited Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute in November 1, 2016. He visited the Chinese melon and watermelon resources mid-library and Xinxiang breeding base, and construction and maintenance experience were exchanged. Dr. CLAID MUJAJU made a presentation titled ¡°Watermel..
Umesh K.Reddy from West Virginia State University visited Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute, CAAS
Umesh K.Reddy, who came from West Virginia State University was invited to visit Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute in October 28, 2016. He visited the Chinese melon and watermelon resources mid-library and biotechnology laboratory, and he introduced the American watermelon melon germplasm repository and related laboratory, then, we exchanged ideas and thoughts on hardware facilities and managemen..
World demand for seedless watermelon grows by 80%
Watermelon is a very palatable fruit, but also very healthy and interesting for the prevention of potentially lethal diseases, and in recent years, there has been a huge increase in its demand. When looking at specific types, seedless watermelons (triploid) have recorded an 80% growth in the consumption volume compared to other varieties. One of the reasons for this increa..
Breeding and Application of Triploid Seedless Watermelon Varieties with High Quality and Stress Tolerant
The scientific and technological achievement about Breeding and Application of High Quality and Stress Tolerant Triploid Seedless Watermelon Varieties was appraised by the Chinese Agricultural Society in September 2016. The result was carried out by Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hunan Bodalong Technology Development Co., Ltd. and Tianjin kernel..
