흰가루병에 강한 황색 스프레이 장미 품종 “옐로킹” 육성

A New Spray Rose Cultivar, “Yellow King” with Yellow Color and Resistance to the Powdery Mildew

The New bicolor spray rose (Rose hybrida Hort.) cultivar was developed by line selection in 2000 at the Flower Breeding Research Institute, Gyeongnam ARES. Characteristics were investigated three times from 2003 to 2006. ‘Yellow King’ was crossed between ‘Spring Time’ and ‘Flair’ and it has a Yellow Orange-group color (RHS No. 16A), few thorns and spray flower with a good harmony between ray floret and flower center. The vase life of cut flower was 9.1 days. It was registered as commercial cultivar in 2006. This new cultivar could be planted in most of greenhouse production region of Korea and will be released to general rose growers in 2007.