莲藕新品种‘鄂莲7号’

A New Lotus Root Cultivar 'Elian 7'

‘鄂莲7号’（又名‘珍珠藕’）是以‘鄂莲5号’为亲本,通过有性自交选育而成的早熟莲藕新品种。藕节间短圆筒形,表皮光滑、黄白色,藕头圆钝,藕肉厚实;主藕5-7节,单支整藕质量2.5kg,主藕质量1.6kg。一般7月中旬青荷藕产量15000kg·hm^-2,9月上旬老熟藕产量28500kg·hm^-2。具有早熟、高产、商品性好等特点。

＇Elian 7＇（also named＇Pearl Lotus Root＇） is a new early-maturing lotus root cultivar selected from the self-pollinated progenies of＇Elian 5＇by Wuhan Vegetable Research Institute.The enlarged internodes are in short-tubular shape,which have yellowish-white smooth skin and thick flesh.The top internode＇s shape of the enlarged rhizome is obtuse.The single entire enlarged rhizome weighs 2.5 kg while its main enlarged rhizome has 5-7 internodes and weighs 1.6 kg averagely.The yield of green-leaf rhizome is about 15 000 kg · hm-2 in mid-July and that of matured rhizome is about 28 500 kg · hm-2 in early-September.The advantages of this cultivar are early maturing,high yield and good commercial qualities.