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The application of breeding technique to improving watermelons has been directed toward obtaining disease-resistant varieties and not toward improving other qualities.

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Paeris, G.K. Watermelon breeding. Econ Bot 3, 193–212 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02859526

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