SONG Juhong1,WU Ran1,WANG Haishan1,FU Yali1,LIANG Lipeng1,XUE Shaohong1,GONG Junliang2,TIAN Haoyuan3*
(1Shijiazhuang City Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences,Shijiazhuang 050021,Hebei,China;2Hebei Tianyou Agricultural Science and Technology Co.,Ltd,Shijiazhuang 050021,Hebei,China;3Institute of Crop Sciences,Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Beijing 100081,China)
Abstract:‘Shiqiukui No.3’is a new okra variety bred by crossing progeny of ‘Karaba’(‘14-5’)as female parent and progeny of‘New Tokyo 5’(‘14-9’)as male parent through systematic selective breeding.The average plant height of matured plant is 1.72 m,stem diameter is 3.0 cm,and internode length is 2.9 cm.The plant of this variety grows vigorously and neatly.Its leaf is green in color with bristles on leave surface,palmately lobed with 5 lobes.Its tender fruit is pentagonal cross-section,the fruit length is 10-15 cm,fruit transverse diameter is l.6-1.8 cm.Its fruit is dark green in color,emerald and shiny.Its sepals is hard to fall off.5-7 days after anthesis,its fruits can be picked and the totall harvest time is about 110 days.In fields,its resistance to virus disease and blight are stronger than that of the contrast‘Wufu’.The average yield of tender fruit is 34.785 t·hm-2,which is suitable for planting in the central and southern regions of Hebei Province.