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Acta Horticulturae Sinica ›› 2026, Vol. 53 ›› Issue (9): 2831-2832.doi: 10.16420/j.issn.0513-353x.2024-0596

• New Cultivars • Previous Articles    

A New Populus tomentosa Cultivar‘Jimao 1’

ZHENG Conghui1,2, XU Zhenhua1,2,*(), LIU Chunpeng1,2, LI Xiangjun1,2, DONG Qian1,3, SUN Ran1,2, DU Kejiu4, LI Jida1,2   

  1. 1 Hebei Academy of Forestry and Grassland Sciences, Shijiazhuang 050061, China
    2 Hebei Technical Innovation Center for Forest Improved Variety, Shijiazhuang 050061, China
    3 Hebei Forest City Construction Technology Innovation Center, Shijiazhuang 050061, China
    4 College of Forestry, Hebei Agricultural University,Baoding, Hebei 071001, China
  • Received:2026-07-22 Revised:2026-09-03 Online:2026-09-25 Published:2026-09-20
  • Contact: XU Zhenhua

Abstract:

‘Jimao 1’is a new environment-friendly Populus tomentosa cultivar free of flying catkins and with minimal pollen release,developed from 52 male accessions of P. tomentosa. It features a straight trunk and spreading crown. At the seedling stage,its stems are light green with elliptical lenticels. Mature trees have elliptical crowns. The petioles are light-red and the leaf bases are heart-shaped. Its mature catkins are less than 10 cm in length,with an anther dehiscence rate of less than 2.3%,resulting in little pollen release. It exhibits vigorous growth,with an afforestation survival rate over 98.3%. It shows strong resistance to leaf rust,brown spot and sooty mould,and is suitable for planting in the North China Plain.

Key words: Populus tomentosa, free of flying catkins, pollen abortion, cultivar

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