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Australia / All / Open Field Fresh Market / All
Wingman is an extended flowering pollinator that enables maximum seedless watermelon yield through the prolific production of male flowers. It has small, grey, crushable fruit for increased safety while walking through the field and are easily distinguishable during harvest. The vine is light and flexible and does not compete with the seedless and enables flowers to be presented easily to bees.
- Wingman is a designated short vine pollinator bred specifically for pollination of seedless watermelon crops
Features
- Prolonged flowering
- Early flower development
- Large flowers
- Small, heavily lobed leaf
- Lightweight vine
- Small, crushable fruit
- Reduced risk of hollow heart/boning/internal cracking (internal quality issues)
- Increased chance of holding king set
Advantages
- Maximum yield potential and therefore profitability
- Maximum potential for seedless production with pre-determined inputs
- Pollen availability when seedless female flowers are open
- Pollen available for when king set female flower is open
- Pollinator transplant flexibility
- Pollen readily available, attractive to bees
Disease Resistance
DISEASE RESISTANCE (IR)
Fon:1
Characteristics
SEGMENT
Diploid
COLOUR
Light-Green
SHAPE
Round
SEEDLESS
Seeded-Many
SKIN DESCRIPTION
Light Green Stripes