Abstract
Abstract. ‘Secret Pink’ was released by National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science in 2008. The cross was made between ‘03B1-23’ and ‘Sei-Monaco in 2005’. After the evaluation of the characteristics under shade culture in summer and retarding culture in spring and consecutive selection from 2006 to 2008, ‘Secret Pink’ was selected finality. The natural flowering time of ‘Secret Pink’ was the middle of October, and it is possible to flower all year round by shade and light culture. It has single type flowers with pink petals. The growth of plant was very vigorous and response time was 6.5 weeks. The diameter of flower was 6.7 cm. Number of flowers per stem and petals per flower were 14.5 and 25, respectively. Days to flowering under the short day treatment was about 50 and its vase life was 25.5 days in autumn season. Additional key words : breeding, characteristic trial, Dendranthema grandiflorum , selection, year-round flowering * Corresponding author: jinheelim@sejong.ac.kr※ Received 4 September 2011; Revised 24 November 2011; Accepted 28 November 2011.
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