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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2015, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (31): 137-140.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb15010045

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Fruit Target Characters Performance of Progenies in Longan Reciprocal Cross Breeding

Xu Ling1,2, Wei Xiuqing1,2, Zhang Xijuan1,2, Yu Dong1,2, Chen Zhifeng1,2, Huang Jinsong1,2 , Xu Jiahui1,2   

  1. (1Institute of Pomology, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou 350013;2Fujian Breeding Engineering Technology Research Center in Longan and Loquat, Fuzhou 350013)
  • Received:2015-01-08 Revised:2015-06-12 Accepted:2015-06-25 Online:2015-11-16 Published:2015-11-16

Abstract: The target characters of longan cross breeding include big-fruit, high sugar content, high edible rate and crisp and dry-on-surface flesh. In our paper, progenies of reciprocal cross between longan cultivars ‘Lidongben’ and ‘Biew kiew’ were used as materials to study the target character performance and distribution in progenies of Longan cross breeding. The results showed that among all the progenies, 25.93% had the average fruit weight of more than 12 g, 37.04% had fruit soluble solid content of more than 22%, 28.57% had edible rate of more than 68%, 30.36% had dry-on-surface flesh and 44.64% had crisp flesh. Taking all the 5 characters into consideration, there were 30 plants with 2 target characters, 14 plants with 3 target characters, 3 plants with 4 target characters and no plants with 5 target characters among all the progeny plants.