On June 18, sponsored by our school, the New High-Quality Litchi Variety 'Jumeiren' co-organized by the National Litchi and Longan Industrial Technology System Breeding Research Office, co-organized by our school, the National Litchi and Longan Industrial Technology System Breeding Research Office, and the Guangdong Provincial Agricultural Society On-site observation and tasting meeting” was held in Yangjiang. The meeting was presided over by Chen Kunchao, a second-level researcher of the Seed Industry Management Office of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and the vice president of our school, Xian Chunlong, attended the meeting.

As the representative of the new breed breeders, Professor Hu Guibing, the chief expert of the National Litchi and Longan Industrial Technology System, the chief expert of the National Litchi and Longan Industrial Technology System, and the Dean of the School of Arts, introduced the selection of Jumeiren to the participants. Breeding background and breeding process, main characteristics and development ideas. Bu Jianhua, a representative of the company, introduced the main supporting cultivation techniques of Giant Beauty.

Three trees were selected on the tasting site, and their yield, ear weight, single fruit weight, TSS, seed size, edible rate, flavor, etc. were tasted. After thorough discussion, the expert group agreed that Jumeiren is a new medium-ripening and high-quality lychee cultivar cultivated by sexual cross-breeding, with extra-large fruit, early fruiting and high yield. The industry provides a variety of choices, with great potential for promotion and application.

It is reported that Jumeiren is a new variety selected and bred by Hu Guibing's team in 2008 with Ziniangxi as the female parent and Wunuli as the male parent through artificial sexual hybridization. The new plant variety rights have been applied for and are promoted by means of regional authorization of the variety rights.

On the day of the event, representatives from Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan, Sichuan, member units of the National Litchi Improved Variety Major Scientific Research Joint Attack Consortium, experts on the national litchi and longan industry technology system, Guangdong litchi industry system innovation team representatives, enterprise representatives, and large planters A total of more than 90 people attended the meeting. (Wentu/Zhao Jietang, School of Horticulture)