Twenty lines of muskmelon were evaluated in a greenhouse in relation to characteristics associated with yield and fruit quality. The assay was carried out in Jaboticabal, São Paulo State, Brazil from June 2001 to December 2002. The 20 lines were evaluated in a complete randomized block design with four replications. Each plot consisted of 8 plants spaced 0.5 x 1.0 m apart. We evaluated the total fruit yield; average fruit weight; average longitudinal and transversal fruit diameter; index fruits shape, average thickness and flesh and skin color and % total soluble solids. The inbred lines JAB-24-3, JAB-24-4, JAB-24-5, JAB-24-7, JAB-24-8, JAB-24-9, JAB-24-11, JAB-24-12, JAB-24-13, JAB-24-14, JAB-24-15, JAB-24-18 and JAB-24-20 showed potential for using as parentals for the commercial hybrids production.
Cucumis melo var. reticulatus Naud.; greenhouse; fruit quality
