A Starch-based Water Chestnut Variety —‘Guifenti No.1’
CHEN Li-juan1, JIANG Wen1, CAI Bing-hua1, MENG Ping1, BI Zhi-qiang1, ZHAI Pin-qiu2, GUI Jie1, SU Bin1, SU Guo-xiu1, ZHANG Lu1, ZHAO Ming1
1Biotechnology Research Institute, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning 530007, Guangxi, China; 2Pingle Hongyuan Agricultural Development Co., Ltd, Pingle 530022, Guangxi, China
Abstract：‘Guifenti No.1’is a new starch-based water chestnut variety bred by individual selection and biological technology-cultivated with virus-free tip tissue biotechnology. It is the first variety in China used specially for processing water chestnut powder and approved by provincial authority. This new variety is fast-growing with strong tillering ability, big and uniform corms. There are 90 % corms with horizontal diameter ＞3.00 cm, 100 % vertical diameter ＞1.90 cm among 20 corms by random selection. While in the control group, the ratios are only 40 % and 45 %, respectively. Its yield is 28.5 t?hm-2, 5.2 %-27.0 % higher than the control. Its starch content is 12.7 %.
