핑크색 소륜 절화용 다수성 거베라 신품종 “썸머링”

A New Pink Mini Cut Flower Gerbera Cultivar, “Summer Ring”

A new pink gerbera (Gerbera hybrida Hort.) cultivar ‘Summer Ring’ was developed from a cross between ‘Grandeur’ and ‘Nova Zembla’ followed by seedling and line selections at the Flower Breeding Research Institute, Gyeongnam Agricultural Research and Extension Services (ARES) in 2005. Characteristics of the new cultivar were evaluated three times from 2003 to 2004. ‘Summer Ring’ has semi-double type mini flower in good harmony with pink (RHS, 56-D) ray floret and green center. It has good stable flower shape and strong peduncle, and its vase life was 14.7 days. The average yield of ‘Summer Ring’ flower was 69 per plant/year in greenhouse yield trails during 2003 and 2004. This cultivar was registered for commercialization in 2005. Commercial production of ‘Summer Ring’ could be possible throughout the country under greenhouse condition.