Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2023, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (5): 1080-1087.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.2023.05.11

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Chilling and heat requirements of different Prunus mume cultivars

ZHANG Yuhan1(), ZHANG Jitang2, MA Kaifeng1, ZHANG Ruoxi1, WEI Linxin1, LI Qingwei1,*()   

  1. 1. School of Landscape Architecture, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
    2. Yanling City Forestry Bureau, Yanling 461200, Henan, China
  • Received:2022-09-28 Online:2023-05-25 Published:2023-06-01

Abstract:

In this study, four typical perennial seedlings of early-flowering Prunus mume cultivars, P. mume cv. Zaoyudie, P. mume cv. Zaohualve, P. mume cv. Nanjinggongfen and P. mume cv. Gulihong, were used as test materials. The experimental methods of natural dormancy of P. mume blossoms and early warming to promote flowering were conducted to study the chilling and heat requirements of the most widely planted P. mume cultivars in Yanling, Henan. Effects of different low temperature accumulations on the flowering characteristics of P. mume blossoms were analyzed to provide a theoretical basis for further exploring the cultivation techniques for regulating the flowering period of P. mume. The results showed that according to the statistics of the chilling requirement of the 4 cultivars according to the Utah model, it was concluded that the chilling requirement of P. mume cv. Zaoyudie was 372 CU, P. mume cv. Zaohualve was 348 CU, and P. mume cv. Nanjinggongfen was 396 CU, and P. mume cv. Gulihong was 408 CU. The 4 cultivars all belonged to the cultivars with low chilling requirement, among which P. mume cv. Zaohualve was the lowest, and the other 3 cultivars had little difference. According to the model of growth length, the heat requirement of flower buds of P. mume cv. Zaoyudie, P. mume cv. Zaohualve, P. mume cv. Nanjinggongfen and P. mume cv. Gulihong were 9 756.28、10 129.51、9 865.46、9 171.14 GDH ℃, respectively; According to the effective accumulated temperature model, the heat requirements for flowering were 397.10, 414.80, 400.65, 375.50 ℃, respectively. There was a negative correlation between the chilling demand value under the Utah model and the heat requirement value under the 2 heat requirement evaluation models. Therefore, the 4 P. mume cultivars were all low chilling requirement cultivars, and the accumulation of chilling capacity played a role in promoting the flowering quality; the ranking and estimation of the heat requirement by the 2 heat requirement models were consistent; there was a negative correlation between the chilling requirement and the heat requirement, which both played important role in relieving dormancy and flower bud germination.

Key words: Prunus mume, regulation of flowering period, chilling requirement, heat requirement

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