Abstract: Castanea mollissima var. pendula is a special variety with dwarfing and pendent branches,
was selected from the seedlings of Castanea mollissima in Jinping, Jiangxi. There were the erect p lants and the
pendent p lants in the selfed p rogenies of Castanea mollissima var. pendula and the isolated ratio is 3∶1. The
erect characterwas dominated by dominant gene and pendent characterwas dominated by recessive gene. The
sexual progenies of C. mollissima var. pendula were still dwarfing. C. mollissima var. pendula could be uti
lized dwarfing breeding of C. mollisima. The grafted results showed that C. mollissima var. pendula will be utilized for the dwarfing and a good yield of C. mollissima.

Key words: Castanea mollissima, Sexual progenies, Dwarfing, Pendent