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| A New Daikon Variety —‘Xueyu No.1’ |
| MA Dong-mei |
| Shenyang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenyang 110034, Liaoning, China |
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Abstract Xueyu No.1’was a new daikon F1 hybrid obtained by crossing radish EMS male sterile line 803A as female parent with 05-6-8-12 as male parent. Its growing period can last 75 days. The leaf is 39.9 cm in length and 15.08 cm in width. Its trunk appears white-green, both leaf and stipe are green in color. The shape of leaf resembles an egg. The leaf appears crinkled with short and numerous thorns and short and soft hairs. The daikon appears cylindrical. The daikon has yellowish green surface and the pulp is white. The fleshy-root is 48.25 cm long and 10.19 cm wide. The surface appears smooth. The average single plant weighs 2.54 kg and daikon weighs 2.14 kg. The plant grows evenly. It is high resistant to soft rot disease, CMV and cauliflower mosaic virus and resistant to downy mildew and turnip mosaic virus. It can yield about 90 t?hm-2. It is suitable to be cultivated in Northeast, North China and Northwest.
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Received: 18 October 2010
Published: 25 January 2011
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