USPP30015P3 - Strawberry plant named ‘Magellan’ - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a new and distinct strawberry plant designated as ‘Magellan’ (a.k.a. ‘108789’).

Description

Latin name of the genus and species: Fragaria x ananassa.

Varietal denomination: ‘Magellan’ (a.k.a. ‘108789’).

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a new and distinct strawberry plant designated as ‘Magellan’ (a.k.a. ‘108789’). ‘Magellan’ is a short-day strawberry plant.

‘Magellan’ (a.k.a. ‘108789’) is the result of a controlled-cross between a female parent cultivar designated ‘107705’ (unpatented, proprietary cultivar) and a male parent cultivar designated ‘106861’ (unpatented, proprietary cultivar) made by the Inventor and was first fruited in Watsonville, Calif. growing fields. Following selection and during testing, the plant was originally designated ‘108789’ and subsequently named ‘Magellan’.

This new strawberry plant was asexually reproduced via runners (stolons) by the inventor at Watsonville, Calif. Asexual propagules from the original source have been tested in Watsonville growing fields and to a limited extent, grower fields in high elevation. The properties of this new strawberry plant were found to be transmissible by such asexual reproduction. This new strawberry plant is stable and reproduce true to type in successive generations of asexual reproduction.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

This invention relates to a new and distinctive strawberry plant designated as ‘Magellan’. This strawberry plant is primarily adapted to the climate and growing conditions of the central coast of California. This region provides the necessary temperatures required for it to produce a strong vigorous plant and to remain in fruit production from March through October. The nearby Pacific Ocean provides the needed humidity and moderate day temperatures and evening chilling to maintain fruit quality for the production months.

The following traits and photographs in combination distinguish strawberry plant ‘Magellan’ from known strawberry varieties. In addition, this new strawberry plant was confirmed to be a unique strawberry germplasm when tested against the California Seed & Plant Lab, Inc. (Elverta, Calif.) database using Short Sequence Repeats (SSRs). Plants for the botanical measurements in the present application were grown as annuals. Any color references are made to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart, 1995 Edition, except where general terms of ordinary dictionary significance are used. The fruit produced by each new cultivar is attractive and of excellent quality.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The accompanying color photographs depict various characteristics of the cultivars as nearly true as possible to make color reproductions.

FIG. 1 shows fruits of ‘Magellan’.

FIG. 2 shows sliced fruits of ‘Magellan’.

FIG. 3 shows ‘Magellan’ plants.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

‘Magellan’ (a.k.a. ‘108789’)

This invention relates to a new and distinctive short-day type strawberry cultivar designated as ‘Magellan’. It is primarily adapted to the climate and growing conditions of the central coast of California. This region provides the necessary temperatures required for it to produce a strong vigorous plant and to remain in fruit production from March through October. The nearby Pacific Ocean provides the needed humidity and moderate day temperatures and evening chilling to maintain fruit quality for the production months.

The following traits in combination distinguish strawberry plant ‘Magellan’ from the known strawberry plants. Plants for the botanical measurements in the present application were grown as annuals. In the following description, color references are made to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart, 1995 Edition, except where general terms of ordinary dictionary significance are used.

The detailed botanical description in Table 1 was observed when the plants were 33 weeks after planting.

‘Magellan’ has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions, and the phenotype may vary significantly with variations in environment. The following observations, measurements, and comparisons describe this plant as grown under normal conditions in Watsonville, Calif. unless otherwise noted.

TABLE 1
Magellen

CharType	Characteristic	Magellan
General	Plant Habit	annual
	Plant Growth Habit	upright
	Plant Height	24 cm
	Plant Width	29 cm
	Plant Width-Crown	3 cm
	Density of foliage, vigor	medium
	Plant vigor	moderate to high
Leaf	Terminal leaflet width (mm)	79
	Terminal leaflet length (mm)	82
	No. teeth/terminal leaflet:	19
	Shape of the terminal leaflet base	rounded
	Shape of terminal leaflet in cross-	concave
	section
	Margin description of the terminal	serrate to crenate
	Color of upper side of leaves	137A
	Color of lower side of leaves	139C
	Leaf blistering	weak
	Leaf glossiness	weak
Limbs	Petiole length (cm)	13
	Petiole diameter (mm)	3.89
	Petiole color	145B
	Petiolule length (mm)	6
	Petiolule diameter (mm)	3.89
	Attitude of hairs on	upwards
	petiole and pedicel
	Stipule pubescence	medium to heavy
	Stipule length (cm)	5
	Stipule size	large
	Stipule width (cm)	1.2
	Stipule anthocyanin	present
	Stipule color (color code)	145A
	Pedicel color (color code)	145B
	Peduncle length (cm)	27
	Peduncle size	medium to large
	Peduncle attitude	erect
	Peduncle pubescence, attitude of hairs	Medium, upwards
Inflorescence	Inflorescence position relative to	above
	foliage
	Flower arrangement of petals	touching
	Petal length (cm)	1.5
	Petal width (cm)	1.5
	Petal number per flower	6
	Upper Petal color	155C
	Lower Petal color	157B
	Calyx diameter (cm)	3.9
	Corolla diameter (cm)	3.5
	Sepal length (cm)	1.6
	Sepal width (cm)	0.4
	Time of flowering	March
	(50% of plants in bloom)
	Shape of stigma	capitate
	Color of stigma	12A
	Length of style (mm)	2
	Color of style	4A
	Color of the ovary	145B
	Length of the stamens (mm)	5
	Number of stamen	25
	Anther color	12A
	Shape of anther	dorsifixed
	Size of anther	medium
	Amount of pollen	moderate
	Color of pollen	4A
	Color of filament	2C
	Length of filament (mm)	4
	Number of flowers per truss	2 to 7
Stolon	Stolon number	3
	Stolon anthocyanin	166A
	Widest diameter of stolon	4.41
	At leaf attachment (mm)
	Stolon color	145B
Fruit	Number of fruit per truss	2 to 5
	Fruit length (cm)	4.2
	Fruit width (cm)	4.1
	Fruit skin color	53A to 45A
	Fruit flesh color excluding core	44A
	Fruit core length (cm)	3.4
	Fruit core width (cm)	1.8
	Fruit core color	41A
	Fruit weight (g)	26.8
	Predominant fruit shape	short wedge to conic
	Shape difference between primary	Similar shape
	& secondary fruits
	Width of band without of achenes	medium
	Fruit glossiness	medium to strong
	Position of achenes
	Achene color	145B
	Achenes per fruit	438
	Achene weight (g)	0.26
	Position of calyx	even to inserted
	level of adherence of calyx	strong
	Color of calyx	137A
	Firmness of flesh	firm
	Evenness of flesh color	nearly even
	Sweetness (brix)	9
	pH	3.27
	Yield (g per plant per season)	2675

When ‘Magellan’ is compared to the proprietary female parent (107705), the mean fruit width of ‘Magellan’ at the widest latitudinal measure is higher than that of the female parent. ‘Magellan’ fruit height is shorter than that of the female parent. ‘Magellan’ has a lower fruit dimension ratio (height/width) compared to the female parent. The fruit shape of ‘Magellan’ is symmetric conic, while the fruit shape of the female parent is conic. In terms of mean fruit yield between weeks 22 and 28 after planting, ‘Magellan’ is higher than the female parent.

When ‘Magellan’ is compared to the proprietary male parent (106861), the fruits of ‘Magellan’ are softer compared to the fruits of the male parent as measured by using a Wagner force gauge. ‘Magellan’ has a lower fruit dimension ratio (height/width) compared to the male parent. The fruit shape of ‘Magellan’ is symmetric conic, while the fruit shape of the male parent is conic. In terms of mean fruit yield between weeks 22 and 28 after planting, ‘Magellan’ is much higher than the male parent.

When ‘Magellan’ is compared to the check variety ‘Albion’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 16,228), the fruit dimension ratio (height/width) of ‘Magellan’ is lower than ‘Albion’, which confirms that ‘Albion’ has a longer conic fruit than the relatively round shape of ‘Magellan’. The petiole of ‘Albion’ is slightly thicker than that of ‘Magellan’. In terms of plant shape, ‘Albion’ was observed to spread or somewhat oblate while ‘Magellan’ was observed to be roundish. In terms of canopy foliage, ‘Magellan’ is denser and has higher cull rate than ‘Albion’, which makes it more difficult to harvest ‘Magellan’ than ‘Albion’. The fruits of ‘Magellan’ are less susceptible to bruising than that of ‘Albion’. ‘Magellan’ has a greater fruit yield than ‘Albion’ between weeks 22 and 28 after planting.

TABLE 2
Comparison of fruit features of ‘Magellan’ with the proprietary male
and female parents

				FRUIT
		FRUIT	FRUIT	RATIO
		WIDTH	HEIGHT	(Height/
HYBRID ID	HYBRID NAME	(mm)	(mm)	Width)
106861	Male Parent	43.33	49.67	1.15
107705	Female Parent	36.50	44.25	1.21
108789	Magellan	39.96	42.98	1.08
		FRUIT	HARDNESS	Yield
	HYBRID ID	SHAPE*	(newtons)	(g/clone)
	106861	7	9.42	405
	107705	7	N/A	1061
	108789	6	8.79	1143
*Fruit shape: 1. Oblate; 2. Globose; 3. Fan Lobes; 4. Necked; 5. Short wedge; 6. Symmetric conic; 7. Conic; 8. Long conic; 9. Long wedge

TABLE 3
Comparison of fruit features between ‘Magellan’ and the check variety

				FRUIT
		FRUIT	FRUIT	RATIO
	HYBRID	WIDTH	HEIGHT	(Height/
HYBRID ID	NAME	(mm)	(mm)	Width)
Check	Albion	41.62	51.96	1.25
Variety	(U.S. Plant Pat.
	No. 16,228)
108789	Magellan	39.96	42.98	1.08
		FRUIT	HARDNESS	Yield
	HYBRID ID	SHAPE*	(newtons)	(g/clone)
	Check	7	8.68	892
	Variety
	108789	6	8.79	1143
*Fruit shape: 1. Oblate; 2. Globose; 3. Fan Lobes; 4. Necked; 5. Short wedge; 6. Symmetric conic; 7. Conic; 8. Long conic; 9. Long wedge

Claims (1)

The invention claimed is:

1. A new and distinct cultivar of strawberry plant named ‘Magellan’ substantially as shown and described herein.

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