Trend of hydrangea cultivar development

Khaing, May Thinn; Jung, Hyo-Jin; Han, Tae-Ho

doi:10.29335/tals.2016.53.63

Trends Agric. Life Sci. 2016; 53:63-68

pISSN: 2508-2809

DOI: https://doi.org/10.29335/tals.2016.53.63

Article

수국 품종 개발 역사와 방향성

May Thinn Khaing¹, 정효진¹^,³, 한태호¹^,²^,³^,^*

Trend of hydrangea cultivar development

May Thinn Khaing¹, Hyo-Jin Jung¹^,³, Tae-Ho Han¹^,²^,³^,^*

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¹전남대학교 원예학과

²전남대학교 농업과학기술연구소

³(주)가든플란트

¹Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea

²Institution of Agricultural Science and Technology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea

³GARDENPLANT(Co.), Gwangju 61186, Korea

^*Corresponding Author : hanth@jnu.ac.kr

ⓒ Copyright 2017, Institute of Agricultural Science & Technology, Chonnam National University. This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Published Online: Dec 31, 2016

ABSTRACT

In the genus Hydrangea, H. macrophylla is the most popular species because of its large and brightly colored inflorescences. Hydrangea breeders have been focused on the development of new cultivars for sale as flowering potted plants. Breeding efforts in hydrangea have involved interspecific and intergeneric crosses attempted to introduce useful characteristics. In hydrangea, incongruity prevents interspecific crosses within the genus. In vitro methods allow developing an integrated procedure for overcoming fertilization barriers.

Keywords: Hydrangea; interspecific crosses; incongruity; in vitro; fertilization barriers