The application belongs to the technical field of agricultural
hybrid breeding, and discloses a pumpkin
hybrid seed production method using rubber bands to bind and isolate
pollination. The application aims to solve the problems of complicated isolation operation, easy flower damage, low efficiency and environmental
pollution in the existing
pumpkin seed production. The method comprises the following steps: in the afternoon of the day before
pollination, a ring-shaped
closed loop structure elastic
rubber band is stretched and sleeved on the upper part of the female flower corolla of the female pumpkin, the elastic contraction force of the
rubber band is used to close the front end of the corolla, and pre-binding isolation is realized; on the day of
pollination, the
rubber band on the female flower is removed to
expose the stigma, and artificial pollination is performed; after the pollination is completed, the same rubber band is sleeved back to the original position immediately to tighten and isolate. Through the standardized process of pre-binding-unbinding-pollination-rebinding, the application has the advantages of simple operation, no flower damage, good
isolation effect, single flower
operation time of not more than 20 seconds, corolla damage rate of less than 2%, hybridization rate of 99%, low cost of rubber band, less
pollution, and significant improvement of pumpkin
hybrid seed production efficiency and seed purity.