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has been cited by the following article:

• TITLE: Study on Effect of Different Varieties Configuration upon Yield of Yan Mountain Chestnut

  AUTHORS: Qian Wang, Shuchai Su, Di Zhao, Yanru Kou

  KEYWORDS: Castanea mollissima Bl; Configuration; Fruiting Rate; Seed-Setting Rate; Number of Nuts Per Burr; Nut Weight; Yield

  JOURNAL NAME: American Journal of Plant Sciences, Vol.3 No.6, June 21, 2012

  ABSTRACT: In order to improve the yield and quality of 5 new Castanea mollissima varieties “Zipo”, “Zunyu” and traditional Yan Mountain Castanea mollissima cultivars “Duanci”, “Yanhong” and “Donglingmingzhu”, we carried out an experiment to study effect from different varieties configuration on yield of Yan Mountain chestnut. The result indicated that: cross-pollination had a significant impact on both fruiting rate and seed-setting rate; cross-pollination improved the nut number in each burr of each variety, in which “Duanci” was the biggest beneficiary, whose number of nut per burr increased from 1.08 to 2.77, 156% higher than that of the self-pollination combination; nut weight showed no significant difference in Xenia Effection; “Zunyu” improved the yield of “Yanhong” most; “Donglingmingzhu” was regarded as the best tree to improve “Zunyu”’s yield; the best variety to improve yield of “Zipo” was “Zunyu”; “Donglingmingzhu” and “Duanci” improved yield of each other most.