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TABLE GRAPE BREEDING AT THE BEIJING INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY AND POMOLOGY
Article number
1082_3
Pages
43 – 46
Language
English
Abstract
A breeding program was started in the Institute of Forestry and Pomology
40 years ago aiming to develop early ripening table grape cultivars with Muscat flavor and good adaptability for local areas.
Since that time approximately 150,000 hybrid plants have been grown resulting from 2,500 hybridizations.
To date, twelve table grape cultivars have been released, among them, ten cultivars were obtained by interspecific hybridization in the species of Vitis vinifera, and two cultivars were selected from interspecific hybridization between V. vinifera and Vitis labrusca.
Aishenmeigui is a seedless cultivar with a purple-reddish color and sweet Muscat flavor.
It matures extremely early, usually at middle to late July. Zaomeiguixiang is a cultivar with a color and eating quality that is similar to its female parent Muscat of Hamburg but matures four weeks earlier. Xiangfei is a green seeded cultivar that matures at early August with very strong Muscat flavor and crisp flesh, average berry weight is 7-8 g. Zaomanao is a red seeded cultivar that matures at the third to fourth week of July and has good resistance to cold. Cuiyu is a seeded cultivar with yellow green skin color and good resistance to disease. Ruiduxiangyu is a very crispy and sweet cultivar, with good cluster shape, berry size over 18 mm, and like its male parent Xiangfei, has Muscat flavor. Yanhong is a late ripening seeded cultivar with good resistance to disease. Ruiducuixia is a seeded cultivar that matures in early August, with beautiful red color and very crisp flesh. Zizhenzhu has purple skin color with good shipping quality. Ruiduwuheyi is a late ripening seedless cultivar with purple reddish color; natural berry weight is 7.8 g. Fenghou is selected from the seedlings of Kyoho but with firmer flesh and better shipping quality. Ruifengwuhe is from a seedless mutation of Pione and it matures in middle September.
These cultivars have been used in the Beijing area and have spread to some northern provinces.
The program aims to release more seedless cultivars with Muscat flavor.
40 years ago aiming to develop early ripening table grape cultivars with Muscat flavor and good adaptability for local areas.
Since that time approximately 150,000 hybrid plants have been grown resulting from 2,500 hybridizations.
To date, twelve table grape cultivars have been released, among them, ten cultivars were obtained by interspecific hybridization in the species of Vitis vinifera, and two cultivars were selected from interspecific hybridization between V. vinifera and Vitis labrusca.
Aishenmeigui is a seedless cultivar with a purple-reddish color and sweet Muscat flavor.
It matures extremely early, usually at middle to late July. Zaomeiguixiang is a cultivar with a color and eating quality that is similar to its female parent Muscat of Hamburg but matures four weeks earlier. Xiangfei is a green seeded cultivar that matures at early August with very strong Muscat flavor and crisp flesh, average berry weight is 7-8 g. Zaomanao is a red seeded cultivar that matures at the third to fourth week of July and has good resistance to cold. Cuiyu is a seeded cultivar with yellow green skin color and good resistance to disease. Ruiduxiangyu is a very crispy and sweet cultivar, with good cluster shape, berry size over 18 mm, and like its male parent Xiangfei, has Muscat flavor. Yanhong is a late ripening seeded cultivar with good resistance to disease. Ruiducuixia is a seeded cultivar that matures in early August, with beautiful red color and very crisp flesh. Zizhenzhu has purple skin color with good shipping quality. Ruiduwuheyi is a late ripening seedless cultivar with purple reddish color; natural berry weight is 7.8 g. Fenghou is selected from the seedlings of Kyoho but with firmer flesh and better shipping quality. Ruifengwuhe is from a seedless mutation of Pione and it matures in middle September.
These cultivars have been used in the Beijing area and have spread to some northern provinces.
The program aims to release more seedless cultivars with Muscat flavor.
Authors
H.Y. Xu, G.J. Zhang, A.L. Yan , L. Sun
Keywords
cultivars, hybridization, seedless, ‘Muscat’
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