‘Yuexin',a new strawberry cultivar with high quality and disease resistance

Abstract: ‘Yuexin'is a new early-maturing strawberry cultivar,which was selected from the crossing of‘0362'(‘Camarosa'בAkihime')בSachinoka'. It ripens in the second half of November in plastic greenhouse in Zhejiang,China. The fruit is short concial-shaped or spherosome,the average weight of the first fruit is 33.4 g,and the average fruit weight is 14.7 g.The fruit is in light red color,has bright luster,well-uniformity and regularity. The pith is slightly red,having sweet and sour taste. The total sugar content is 12.4%,total acid content is 5.81 g∙kg^-1,vitamin C content is 764 mg∙kg^-1,soluble solids content is 12.0%,and the fruit firmness is 292.84 g∙cm^-2. It is moderate-resistent to anthracnose and botrytis blight,susceptible to powdery mildew. Its average yield is over 37 354.5 kg∙hm^-2. This variety is suitable for protected cultivation.