Abstract:

‘Zhongke Lüchuan 1’is a new wolfberry cultivar which was selected from open-pollinated offsprings of‘Ningqi 1’. It has high growth vigor and branching ability. The fruit is round and easy to pick，and suitable for mechanical harvesting. It has thick flesh，sweet taste，fragrance and high level of polysaccharides，flavonols and carotenoids. Its water content is 80.09%，which is good for juice production. Young trees have high and steady yield with early production. Low level of self-compatibility is discovered and pollen trees are suggested for the large-scale production. It has high level of abiotic and biotic resistance，especially for aphid tolerance and black-berry disease resistance.

Key words: wolfberry, cultivar