ABSTRACT


Carmen Sanz de Cortázar1
 

Triploid watermelon of the chilean variety Chilefén was produced by Chromosomal duplication with colchicine and by crossing these resulting tetraploids with the diploids. Triploid fruit showed variable texture, shape ancl taste, and it had mostly ruelimentary empty seeds.

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1 Ingeniero Agrónomo M. S., Proyecto Fisiología: Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias.