Breeding of new carambola cultivar 'Daguotianyangtao 6'

Abstract：'Daguotianyangtao 6'was selected and bred from the seedlings of carambola cultivar'Daguotianyangtao 1'. The plant has vigorous growth ability with plenty of branchlets which having the features of divaricate, soft and pendulous. The leaf of the plant is of impar pinnately compound leaf which grows alternately or oppositely with 9-11 small leaves. The single small leaf grows to be long ellipsoid in shape and green in color, and with the characteristic of asymmetric leaf body and acute leaf apex. The shape of fruit is long ovate with blunt top and the fruit weighs up to 490 grams in maximum and 202 grams in average. The peel of fruit which covering with vex is thin and smooth. The immature fruit is green, and turns into yellow when becoming ripe. The yellow or pale yellow flesh is crisp, tasting sweet and sour. The content of soluble solid, total soluble sugar and total acid take up the weight percentage of 8%-11.5%, 7.68% and 0.225%, respectively. The plant bloom raceme flower and the fruit have a growth period of 70-110 days. There are 3-4 flowering and fruit bearing stages each year in south Guangxi area, the detail of each stage is as follow: flowering from the middle of May to early of June, turn into ripe from late July to middle of August. Flowering from the middle of June or July, turn into ripe from late August to middle of September; flowering from late September to middle of November, turn into ripe from early of January to late February in the next year. The cultivar is resistant to red spot disease in some degree. The fruit can be stored for 16 days in the temperature of 25 ℃. The culti-var is suitable for cultivation in south Guangxi, and the plant can be flowering and begin to bear fruits in the first year after planted, and it is easy to get high-yielding production in early stage of planting.The cultivar is suitable to be planted in mountain or plain area where there is less win but plenty of sunshine and be propitious to irrigation. In August 2016, 'Daguotianyangtao 6'has passed the examination and approved by crop variety approval committee of Guangxi.