Plants – Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant – Aster
Plant Patent
2004-02-02
2004-11-16
Bell, Kent (Department: 1661)
Plants
Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant
Aster
Plant Patent
active
PP015316
ABSTRACT:
Botanical classification/cultivar designation:
Aster hybrida
cultivar Esmart.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present Invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of cut flower
Aster
plant, botanically known as
Aster hybrida
and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘Esmart’.
The new
Aster
is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in El Quinche, Pichincha, Ecuador. The objective of the breeding program is to create new cut flower
Aster
cultivars with durable leaves, strong stems, desirable floret colors, and good postproduction longevity.
The new
Aster
originated from a cross-pollination made by the Inventor in El Quinche, Pichincha, Ecuador in August, 1999, of a proprietary
Aster
selection identified as breeding line 13, not patented, as the female, or seed, parent with an unknown
Aster
selection, not patented, as the male, or pollen, parent. The new
Aster
was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a single flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross-pollination grown in a controlled environment in El Quinche, Pichincha, Ecuador. The selection of this plant was based on its durable foliage, strong stems and desirable inflorescence form and ray floret color.
Asexual reproduction of the new
Aster
by vegetative tip cuttings was first conducted in El Quinche, Pichincha, Ecuador in August, 2000. Asexual reproduction by cuttings has shown that the unique features of this new
Aster
are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The cultivar Esmart has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment such as temperature, daylength and/or light level, without, however, any variance in genotype.
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘Esmart’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Esmart’ as a new and distinct cut flower
Aster:
1. Strong erect flowering stems.
2. Symmetrical branching habit.
3. Dark green-colored foliage.
4. Uniform and freely flowering habit.
5. Decorative-type inflorescences with violet-colored ray florets.
6. Good postproduction longevity.
Plants of the new
Aster
are taller than plants of the female parent selection. In addition, plants of the new
Aster
differ from plants of the female parent selection in ray floret coloration.
Plants of the new
Aster
can be compared to plants of the cultivar Cirina, not patented. In side-by-side comparisons conducted in El Quinche, Pichincha, Ecuador plants of the new
Aster
differed from plants of the cultivar Cirina in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new
Aster
were more vigorous than plants of the cultivar Cirina.
2. Plants of the new
Aster
had stronger flowering stems than plants of the cultivar Cirina.
3. Plants of the new
Aster
had larger and darker-green colored leaves than plants of the cultivar Cirina.
4. Plants of the new
Aster
had larger inflorescences with more ray and disc florets per inflorescence than plants of the cultivar Cirina.
5. Inflorescences of plants of the new
Aster
had more phyllaries than inflorescences of plants of the cultivar Cirina.
6. Plants of the new
Aster
had longer peduncles than plants of the cultivar Cirina.
7. Plants of the new
Aster
and the cultivar Cirina differed in ray floret coloration as plants of the cultivar Cirina had purple violet-colored ray florets.
Bell Kent
Esmeralda Breeding B.V.
Whealy C. A.
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