STUDY OF FLOWERING AND FRUITING CHARACTERISTICS OF TWO STRAINS OF EARLY SEASON LONGAN (DIMOCARPUS LONGAN LOUR.)
Two early season strains of longan (Dimocarpus longan Lour.), Early Season 1 and Early Season 2, were compared with Shixia (Dimocarpus longan Lour. cv.
Shixia), an early season cultivar of longan widely grown in Guangxi province of China for their flowering and fruiting characteristics.
The results showed that Early Season 1 and Early Season 2 started to bloom on 8th of April, 2 d earlier than Shixia. Fruits of Early Season 1 and Early Season 2 matured on 20th and 25th of July, 14 d and 10 d earlier than that of Shixia, respectively.
Single fruit weight of Early Season 1, Early Season 2 and Shixia were 11.05, 10.8 and 9.8 g, respectively.
The content of TSS of Early Season 1 and Early Season 2 were 19.3 and 19.2%, being 2.7 and 2.8% lower than that of Shixia, respectively.
Both strains show good potential as high quality early season varieties.
Pan, J.C., Huang, G.X., Liu, L.J. and Li, F. (2010). STUDY OF FLOWERING AND FRUITING CHARACTERISTICS OF TWO STRAINS OF EARLY SEASON LONGAN (DIMOCARPUS LONGAN LOUR.). Acta Hortic. 863, 483-486
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2010.863.66
https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2010.863.66
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2010.863.66
https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2010.863.66
early season longan, strain, flowering characteristics, fruiting characteristics
English
863_66
483-486