U.S. patent number PP29,237 [Application Number 14/757,381] was granted by the patent office on 2018-04-17 for hop plant named `furano 0802d go`.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Sapporo Breweries Limited. The grantee listed for this patent is Sapporo Breweries Limited. Invention is credited to Yasunori Arai, Masanobu Goto, Yutaka Itoga, Koichiro Koie, Narushi Suda, Mitsuhiro Uemoto.
United States Patent |
PP29,237 |
Koie , et al. |
April 17, 2018 |
Hop plant named `Furano 0802D go`
Abstract
A new hop plant particularly distinguished by having a conical
plant shape, alpha acid content of 4.2% in dry matter, a ratio
content of beta to alpha of 1.1, a content of cohumulone to alpha
acids of 48%, and a fruity, grape and citrus flavor, is
disclosed.
Inventors: |
Koie; Koichiro (Hokkaido,
JP), Suda; Narushi (Hokkaido, JP), Itoga;
Yutaka (Hokkaido, JP), Uemoto; Mitsuhiro
(Hokkaido, JP), Arai; Yasunori (Hokkaido,
JP), Goto; Masanobu (Hokkaido, JP) |
Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Sapporo Breweries Limited |
Tokyo |
N/A |
JP |
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Assignee: |
Sapporo Breweries Limited
(Tokyo, JP)
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Family
ID: |
56166089 |
Appl.
No.: |
14/757,381 |
Filed: |
December 21, 2015 |
Prior Publication Data
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Document
Identifier |
Publication Date |
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US 20160192561 P1 |
Jun 30, 2016 |
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Foreign Application Priority Data
Current U.S.
Class: |
PLT/236 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A01H
5/02 (20130101); A01H 6/28 (20180501) |
Current International
Class: |
A01H
5/02 (20180101) |
Field of
Search: |
;PLT/236 |
Primary Examiner: Bell; Kent L
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Weatherly; James M. Roahrig;
Bethany R. Cochran Freund & Young, LLC
Claims
We claim:
1. A new and distinct variety of hop plant named `Furano 0802D go`
as illustrated and described herein.
Description
Genus and species: Humulus lupulus L.
Variety denomination: `Furano 0802D go`.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
The present application claims priority to Japan Plant Variety
Protection Application No. 29811, as filed on Dec. 24, 2014, the
entire contents are herein incorporated by reference for all the
application teaches and discloses.
BACKGROUND OF THE NEW PLANT
The present invention comprises a new and distinct variety of hop,
botanically known as Humulus lupulus L. and hereinafter referred to
by the variety name `Furano 0802D go`. `Furano 0802D go` is a
selection from a controlled cross-pollination of the female hop
parent `USDA21055` and the proprietary male hop parent
`020639`.
The female hop line `USDA21055` and the proprietary male hop line
`020639` were cross pollinated in Kamifurano, Hokkaido, Japan and
seeds were obtained. The resulting seeds were sown and plants were
grown for evaluation. A plant line was selected in March of 2008 in
Kamifurano, Hokkaido, Japan and named `Furano 0802D go`. In 2008,
`Furano 0802D go` was first vegetatively propagated by in
Kamifurano, Hokkaido, Japan via vegetative cuttings. `Furano 0802D
go` was found to reproduce true to type in successive generations
of asexual propagation via vegetative cuttings in Kamifurano,
Hokkaido, Japan.
SUMMARY
The following are the most outstanding and distinguishing
characteristics of this new variety when grown under normal
horticultural practices in Kamifurano, Hokkaido, Japan. 1. Conical
plant shape; 2. Alpha acid content of 4.2% in dry matter; 3. Ratio
content of beta to alpha of 1.1; 4. Content of cohumulone to alpha
acids of 48%; and 5. A fruity, grape and citrus flavor.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS
This hop plant is illustrated by the accompanying photographs which
show the plant's overall plant shape, leaf shape and cone shape.
The photographs are of six year-old plants grown in Kamifurano,
Hokkaido, Japan in August 2014. The colors shown are as true as can
be reasonably obtained by conventional photographic procedures.
FIG. 1--Shows the plant shape of `Furano 0802D go`.
FIG. 2--Shows the leaf shape of `Furano 0802 go` and three
commercial hop varieties in Japan. On the lower right is `Furano
0802D go`; in the upper right is `Little Star`; in the upper left
is `Shinsyu Wase`; and in the lower left is `Furano Special`.
FIG. 3--Shows the cone shape of `Furano 0802D go`.
DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW VARIETY
The following detailed descriptions set forth the distinctive
characteristics of `Furano 0802D go`. The data, which define these
characteristics, were collected from asexual reproductions carried
out in Kamifurano, Hokkaido, Japan. Data was collected on six- and
seven-year-old plants in Kamifurano, Hokkaido, Japan during 2013 to
2017 growing seasons. Color references are to Japan Horticultural
Plant Color Chart (1987, Japan Color Research Institute).
Classification: Family.--Cannabaceae. Classification.--Humulus
lupulus L. Common name.--Hop. Propagation: Type.--Vegetative
Cuttings. Plant description: Plant and growth habit.--The plant
growth type is normal, not dwarf. Plant height.--5.5 m when grown
on a trellis. Plant diameter.--1.2 m to 1.5 m. Plant
shape.--Cylindrical. Lateral branch description: Length.--Average
is 0.74 m. Diameter.--Average is 3.8 mm; ranges between 3.2 mm and
4.4 mm. Internode length.--Average 19.0 cm; ranges between 12.0 cm
and 25.0 cm on the lateral branch at the middle of the plant.
Color.--Both the color of the ridge line and that of the area
in-between are soft yellow green (Japan Color Chart No. 3310).
Foliage description: Arrangement.--Opposite. Shape.--7 lobes;
sometimes the middle lobe is additionally lobed in 3.
Length.--Average is 17.1 cm; ranges between 14.0 cm and 20.0 cm.
Width.--Average is 20.6 cm (measured in 2016); ranges between 17.0
cm and 22.0 cm. Color.--The leaf color of upper side is green
(Japan Color Chart No. 3703). Apex.--Accuminate to acute.
Margin.--Spiny. Base.--Auriculate. Venation pattern.--Palmate.
Venation color.--Dark yellowish green (Japan Color Chart No. 3508).
Blistering.--Upper surface: Weak. Petiole.--Length: Average is 8.3
cm; ranges between 7.0 cm and 10.5 cm. Diameter: Average is 4.5 mm;
ranges between 4.0 mm and 5.0 mm measured in the middle. Color:
From base to bine is dull yellowish pink (Japan Color Chart No.
0711). Inflorescence cones: Cone size.--Small; Average length is
27.5 mm; ranges between 22.0 mm and 33.0 mm and average diameter is
12.6 mm; ranges between 11.0 mm and 14.0 mm. Cone shape.--Narrow,
ovate. Weight of hundred cones.--13.8 g in dry matter.
Color.--Strong green yellow (Japan Color Chart No. 3311). Lupulin
glands.--Number per cone: Slightly more than normal. Shape: Round.
Color: Bright yellow (Japan Color Chart No. 2506). Flowering date
(the date when half of the plants are in bloom).--July 6.sup.th.
Harvest date.--August 20th. Bracts: Shape.--Accuminate.
Length.--Average is 17.1 mm; ranges between 14.0 mm and 20.0 mm.
Width.--Average is 12.2 mm; ranges between 11.0 mm and 14.0 mm.
Margin.--Entire. Color.--Dull yellow green (Japan Color Chart No.
3513). Bracteoles: Shape.--Orbicular to ovate. Length.--Average is
8.9 mm; ranges between 6.5 mm and 11.0 mm. Width.--Average is 6.6
mm; ranges between 4.5 mm and 8.5 mm. Apex.--Round.
Margin.--Entire. Color.--Pale yellow green (Japan Color Chart No.
3303). Bines: Length.--Greater than 5.5 m. Diameter.--Average is
8.6 mm; ranges between 7.0 mm and 10.0 mm. Internode
length.--Average is 26.0 cm; ranges between 22.0 cm and 29.0 cm.
Color.--Soft yellow green (Japan Color Chart No. 3511). Anthocyanin
coloration.--Weak. Stipule number per bine.--Equal to double the
number of internodes. Stipule direction.--Horizontal. Stipule
color.--Light yellow green (Japan Color Chart No. 3304). Pedicels:
Not observed. Reproductive organs: Stamens.--Not observed.
Pistils.--Not observed. Yield: 1.11 tons/hectare (2014). Disease
and pest/insect resistance: None observed. Brewing characteristics:
Content of alpha acid is 4.2% in dry matter. Content of beta acids
is 5.4% (data from 2013). Ratio content of beta to alpha is 1.1.
Content of humulene is 5.9% (data from 2015). Content of
caryophyllene is 7.0% (data from 2015). Ratio content of humulene
to caryophyllene is 0.64 (data from 2015). Content of cohumulone to
alpha acids is 48%. Content of myrcene is 73.3% (data from 2015).
Content of farnesene is 9.2% (data from 2015). Content of linalool
is 0.67% (data from 2015). Total oil: 1.80 mL per 100 g of cone
weight. Flavor of `Furano 0802D go` is fruity, such as grape and
citrus. Storage stability: 80.1% after 6 months at room temperature
(data from 2015).
COMPARISON WITH PARENTAL LINES AND KNOWN VARIETY
`Furano 0802D go` is a distinct variety of hop. `Furano 0802D go`
is distinguished from its female parent `USDA21056` as described in
Table 1:
TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 Comparison with Parental Lines Variety
Female parent Characteristic `Furano 0802D go` `USDA21056` Content
of alpha acid in dry 4.2% 12.8% matter Ratio content of beta acid
to 1.1 0.6 alpha acid Content of cohumulone in 48% 44% alpha
acid
`Furano 0802D go` is distinguished from its male parent `020639` in
that `Furano 0802D go` develops female flowers that develop into
mature hop cones without producing pollen, whereas `020639`
produces pollen without developing into female flowers.
`Furano 0802D go` is distinguished from the commercial hop plant
`Little Star` (not patented). Differences between the two varieties
are described in Table 2:
TABLE-US-00002 TABLE 2 Comparison with Similar Variety Variety
Commercial line Characteristic `Furano 0802D go` `Little Star`
Flowering date 6th July 7th of July Harvest date 20th August 21th
August Content of alpha acid in 4.2% 7.3% dry matter Ratio content
of beta 1.1 0.7 acid to alpha acid Content of cohumulone 48% 22% in
alpha acid
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