Tissue Firmness and Hollow Heart Development in 2012, 2013 and 2014 �Triploid Watermelon Variety Trials

Abstract

Hollow heart is an internal fruit disorder found predominantly in triploid (seedless) watermelon and is known to cause load rejection if at moderate to severe stages. Cultivar selection, tissue density, pollination and environmental factors affect hollow
heart incidence.

We used NC Variety trial evaluations to correlate hollow heart to tissue firmness and better assessed the importance of fruit tissue firmness to hollow heart

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