복색 소륜 절화용 다수성 거베라 신품종 ‘캔디’ 육성

A new bi-colour gerbera (Gerbera hybrida Hort.) ‘Candy’ was developed from a cross ‘Ajax’ and ‘Ximena’ followed by seedling and line selections at the Flower Breeding Research Institute, Gyeongnam Agricultural Research and Extension Services (ARES) in 2004. Characteristic tests were conducted three times from 2002 to 2003. Newly bred ‘Candy’ have shown bi-colour (RHS), green center, semi-double type, and mini flower. It also was in good harmony in ray floret color and flower center color with stable flower shape, and vase life was 12.8 days. The average yield of ‘Candy’ was 115.5 flowers per plant a year in greenhouse yield trials carried out from 2002 to 2003. This cultivar registered for commercialization in 2004. ‘Candy’ would be cultured under greenhouse condition in Korea.