JOURNAL OF NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY ›› 2021, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (1): 242-244.doi: 10.12302/j.issn.1000-2006.202008011

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Cerasus dielsiana ‘Yanzhifei’: a new cultivar of oriental cherry

CAO Qiaorong1(), DONG Jingjing2, ZHONG Wenfeng3, PENG Zhiqi2, DONG Peng2, CHEN Jie2, YI Xiangui2,*()   

  1. 1. Hetian Forestry Station of Changting County of Fujian Province, Changting 366300,China
    2. Co-Innovation Center for the Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Biology and the Environment, Cerasus Research Center, Nanjiang Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
    3. Fujian Longyan Qiaosen Agricultural Development Co., Ltd., Longyan 364000, China
  • Received:2020-08-07 Accepted:2020-09-28 Online:2021-01-30 Published:2021-02-01
  • Contact: YI Xiangui E-mail:59602544@qq.com;yixiangui@njfu.edu.cn

Abstract:

【Objective】Cerasus dielsiana (Schneid.) Yu et Li is a wild cherry blossom resource endemic to China, which has extremely wide utilization prospects, and is of great significance for breeding new oriental cherry varieties suitable for Chinese cultivation. 【Method】The new oriental cherry cultivar ‘Yanzhifei’ was selected and bred from the discovery of mutant plants of tailleaf cherry in Maobu Village, Dahe Town, Wuping County, Fujian Province, and 100 seedlings were grafted with asexual reproduction in the spring of 2016-2018. 【Result】‘Yanzhifei’ is a new variety bred, which has the characteristics of blooming petals, gorgeous flower color, large flower diameter, many and dense flowers and open tree shape. Through observation and comparison, the characteristics of grafted seedlings are consistent and stable. 【Conclusion】‘Yanzhifei’ is one of the oriental cherry varieties with a high ornamental value, and it has broad application prospects in gardens and landscapes.

Key words: oriental cherry cultivar, Cerasus dielsiana ‘Yanzhifei’, C.dielsiana (Schneid.) Tu et Li

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