2004•Unpublished venueRequires access
Breeding of a New Bright Pink Gerbera 'Oksem' with Strong Peduncle for Cut Flower
Chung YongMo, Young-Soo Chung, Yeong-Byeong Lee, Jeong-Bu Kim, Oh-Chang Kwon
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Abstract
A new bright pink gerbera (Gerbera hybrida Hort.) cultivar ‘Oksem’ was developed from a cross ‘Picasso’ and ‘Rava’ followed by seedling and line selections at the Flower Breeding Research Institute, Gyeongnam Agricultural Research and Extention Services (ARES) in 1999. Characteristics trials were conducted three times from 2001 to 2002. Newly Bred ‘Oksem’ showed pink color (RHS 23-D), green center, semi-double type and large flower. It also was in good harmony in ray floret color and flower center color with stable flower shape, and vase life was 12.2 days. The average yield of ‘Oksem’ was 48.9 flowers per plant in the greenhouse yield trails carried out from 2001 to 2002. This cultivar registered as commercialization in 2003. ‘Oksem’ would be cultured under greenhouse condition in Korea.