Breeding report of a new late-mature pear cultivar ‘Wanyuli’
GAO Lijuan
LI Longfei
ZHANG Haie
XU Jintao
LIU Jinli
LI Lei
HAO Baofeng
Abstract：'Wanyuli'is a new late-mature cultivar with high quality and strong storability,which was selected from hybrids of female parent'Mili'pear and male parent'Dangshansuli'pear in 2006 for its bright appearance and excellent sour and sweet flavor.After regional adaptability testing at three sites,including Changli,Luannan,and Jinzhou in Hebei province from 2008 to 2015,it was finally examined and approved named as'Wanyuli'in 2015.The tree growth potential of this cultivar is stronger with upright tree gesture.The germination rate is strong and the branching ability is stronger.The tree is vigorous with ramose crown easily controlled which is suitable for close planting with cylindrical and long spindle of tree shape.Annual shoots are reddish brown.The average length of one years old branches is 84.40 cm and the roughness of which is 0.946 cm.Leaves are elliptic with entire margin,gradually acute apex,absent lobe and wedge-shaped of leaf base.The position vegetative bud in relation to shoot is markedly held out.It is easy to form flower on medium and short branches,and possesses large number of flower buds.Flowers are white,and the relative position of petals (5-8) is overlap,the petal shape is ovate with more pollen.The average setting rate of the inflorescence forming fruit is 85.00％ under the condition of natural pollination.The fruit shape is extremely globose.The average fruit weight,fruit length and diameter are 344.13 g,8.44 cm and 8.66 cm,respectively.The ground color of peel is yellow and the flesh white,crisp,sour and sweet,weakly aromatic,scarce stone cell and small core.The soluble solid content is 13.63％,while the soluble sugar content is 10.78％ and the titratable acid content is 0.103％,and overall the fruit quality is excellent.The fruit development period is 150-160 d,and can be harvested in early October in Changli area,Hebei province.It begins beating 2 years after planting and the productivity per 666.7 m2 is 6 200 kg at 7 years after planting.It has better adaptability and resistant to scab and it has some other good qualities like high yield and good stability.The most excellent properties were its long storage which could be continued to the next May and kept the former flavor under natural condition.It is a good cultivar and suitable for planting inside the Hebei area,and now it also is introduced and cultivated in Henan,Shandong,Liaoning,Xinjiang,Fujian,Guizhou etc,which is expected to be popularized and applied in a wider area.
Keywords：PearNew cultivar‘Wanyuli’High qualityStorability
Publication Date：2018-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 257-260 )