Fruit characters of Cucumis melo L.: ‘tacapa green black’, ‘melona’ and ‘meloni’

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<p class="Abstract">Melon <span lang="IN">has high
 demand</span>, but most of the Indonesian farmers <span lang="IN">planted
 import seeds of melon</span> which has expensive price. Hence, Indonesia should produce high-quality melon seeds. This
 research used three melon cultivars (<i>Cucumis melo </i>L.): ‘Tacapa Green
 Black<span lang="IN"> (GB)</span>’, ‘Melona’, and ‘Meloni’ which are the
 result of breeding in Genetic and Breeding Laboratory, Faculty of Biology, Gadjah
 Mada University. The purpose of this study is to describe<span lang="IN"> fruit</span> morphological characters of these melon
 cultivar<span lang="IN">s</span>. ‘Tacapa <span lang="IN">GB’</span> is breeding result of Testcross<i> </i>♀ <span lang="IN">‘</span>Act3 434<span lang="IN">’</span> X F1 <span lang="IN">‘</span>PI 371795<span lang="IN">’</span>, ‘Melona’
 is segregation<span lang="IN"> from ‘Luna’</span> and ‘Meloni’ is
 breeding result of ♀ ‘SL-3’ X ♂ ‘PI 371795’. Seeds of ‘Tacapa <span lang="IN">GB’</span>, ‘Melona’
 and ‘Meloni’ was planted. <span lang="IN">While
 harvest</span>, these
 melons w<span lang="IN">ere</span> measured, observed, and documented to obtain the quantity and
 quality <span lang="IN">of fruit </span>characters. Data were analyzed and compared each other. The
 results showed ‘Tacapa <span lang="IN">GB’</span> has weight average of 3<span lang="IN">.</span>2 kg, brix of 7–9, fruit shape's is oval, fruit color is
 yellow-green, and rind color is dark green. ‘Melona' has weight average of 0<span lang="IN">.</span>8 kg, brix of 7–15, fruit color is orange, having lobes,
 and sweet. ‘Meloni' has an oval shape, fruit color is pale yellow, the weight
 of 1<span lang="IN">.</span>1 kg, brix of 8–16 and fragrant.<o:p></o:p></p>