Breeding of new early-maturing and high quality strawberry cultivar‘Yueli'

‘Yueli'is a new early-maturing strawberry cultivar,which was selected from the crossing of‘Benihoppe'בSachinoka'. It ripens in early December in plastic greenhouse in Zhejiang,China. The fruit is cone-shaped and uniform,with the average weight of 39.5 g for its first fruit,and the average fruit weight 17.8 g. The fruit is in red color,has bright luster,well-uniformity and regularity. The pith is slightly red,having sweet and sour taste. The total sugar content is 9.9 %,total acid content is 7.08 g∙kg-1,vitamin C content is 610 mg∙kg-1,soluble solids content is 12.0 %,and the fruit firmness is 331.82g∙cm-2. It is disease-resistent to powdery mildew,susceptible to anthracnose and mid-susceptible to botrytis blight. Its average yield is over 21 988 kg∙hm-2. This variety is suitable for protected cultivation.