New six pumpkin (Cucurbit moschata Duch.) varieties from the Genetic Improvement Program.

Abstract

The sustainable utilization of new varieties of pumpkin is fundamental for the better productivity of Cuban agriculture. As from the previous works of improvement of INIVIT, it was selected six new varieties of pumpkin, with the objective of describing the quantitative and qualitative attributes of these varieties to differ them, to determine their benefit, structure and genetic variability. A design of block was used at random with four repetitions, where they evaluated six varieties of pumpkin. It was registered small differences as to the color of the mass, because only varied of intense yellow to yellow. All the varieties presented a weight for fruit superior to 3 kg, standing out INIVIT C 4-2015 variety with the more loudly value registered, 3.7 kg. Number of fruits by plant varied in the range of 2,5 to 4,7 kg. No one variety is susceptible to fuzzy mildew.