西农8号是我国著名蔬菜、瓜类育种学家王鸣教授主持选育的高产、优质、抗病、耐寒、耐重茬的西瓜优良品种。1993年通过陕西省品种审定委员会审定。在农业部,中国瓜协和中国园艺学会组织的西瓜良种评比及鉴定中曾多次获奖,名列前茅。1994年在全国超金钟冠龙西瓜优良新品种评比中,西农8号以最高得分荣获“金瓜杯”奖;同年获首届中国杨陵 Xiunong 8 is a well-known vegetable, melon breeding experts Wang Ming presided over the breeding of high yield, high quality, disease resistance, cold tolerance, stubble resistant varieties of watermelon. In 1993 through the Shaanxi Provincial Examination and Approval Committee. In the Ministry of Agriculture, China Association of Chinese melon and Chinese horticultural society of watermelon varieties appraisal and identification of many awards, among the best. In 1994, the national Super Golden Bell Guanlong watermelon excellent new varieties in the appraisal, XIN Nong 8 with the highest score won the “Gourd Cup” Award; the same year by the first China Yangling