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Abstract Watermelon Citrullus lanatus is one of the most popular vegetable crops in Egypt. Genetic informations on watermelon could be obtained from wide intervarietal’ crosses which need to be available before proceeding with the formulation of appropriate breeding strategies to . develop high production, improved quality (me! desirable fruit shape. Accordingally, the objectiveof the present investigation is to study the genetic behaviour as well as combining ability effects for number of morphological, yield and fruit quality traits in aset of five parents diallel crosses of watermelon cultivars. Based on the results, it may be inferred that improvement of yield and fruit quality of new watermelon cultivars could be achieved by hybridization and selection. |