ABSTRACT: Background: Watermelon crops are widely cultivated by the community, especially in the lowlands, thus providing many benefits to watermelon farmers and entrepreneurs, and can improve Indonesia's economic system.This research was conducted in the rice fields of PalohJeureula Village, Sakti District, Pidie Regency, from March to September 2019. This research was conducted using a Randomized Block Design (RBD). Overall, there were 19 treatments, namely V1, V2, V3, V4, V1V1, V1V2, V1V3, V1V4, V2V1, V2V2, V2V3, V2V4, V3V1, V3V2, V3V4, V4V1, V4V2, and V4V3. Crosses between watermelon cultivars V1, V2, V3 and V4 obtained a very high level of diversity.......
Key words: Crosses, Cultivars, Fruit weights, Vegetative, Generative, and Diversity.
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