U.S. patent number PP32,308 [Application Number 16/501,818] was granted by the patent office on 2020-10-13 for cotoneaster plant named `emerald beauty`.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Oregon State University. The grantee listed for this patent is Oregon State University. Invention is credited to Ryan N. Contreras.
United States Patent |
PP32,308 |
Contreras |
October 13, 2020 |
Cotoneaster plant named `Emerald Beauty`
Abstract
`Emerald Beauty` is a new Cotoneaster cultivar with a compact,
cushion-like to semi-rounded habit, dense foliage, and short
internodes. It is novel for its combination of improved resistance
to fire blight (Erwinia amylovora) and improved branching that
requires little pruning in production or landscapes.
Inventors: |
Contreras; Ryan N. (Corvallis,
OR) |
Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Oregon State University |
Corvallis |
OR |
US |
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Assignee: |
Oregon State University
(Corvallis, OR)
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Family
ID: |
72749833 |
Appl.
No.: |
16/501,818 |
Filed: |
June 10, 2019 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
PLT/226 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A01H
5/00 (20130101); A01H 6/74 (20180501) |
Current International
Class: |
A01H
5/00 (20180101); A01H 6/74 (20180101) |
Field of
Search: |
;PLT/226 |
Other References
Rothleutner et al., "Screening Cotoneaster for Resistance to Fire
Blight by Artificial Inoculation," HortScience, 49, 1480-1485,
2014. cited by applicant.
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Primary Examiner: McCormick Ewoldt; Susan
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP
Government Interests
STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
This invention was made with government support under 58-1230-3-501
awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture,
Agricultural Research Service (USDA/ARS). The government has
certain rights in the invention.
Claims
I claim:
1. A new and distinct cultivar of Cotoneaster plant as illustrated
and described.
Description
Botanical denomination: Cotoneaster x suecicus.
Variety designation: `Emerald Beauty`.
BACKGROUND
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of
Cotoneaster plant, botanically known as Cotoneaster x suecicus and
hereinafter referred to as `Emerald Beauty`.
The new Cotoneaster plant is a result of a breeding program
directed by the inventor at Oregon State University, Corvallis,
Oreg. (US) to develop new cultivars of Cotoneasters that are
resistant to fire blight caused by the pathogen Erwinia amylovora,
are compact, and perform well in nursery production and
landscapes.
`Emerald Beauty` originated as an open-pollinated seedling
collected from Cotoneaster x suecicus `Coral Beauty` (seed parent,
unpatented) during 2011 that was pollinated by an unknown pollen
parent. It was originally accessioned and evaluated as
H2011-02-005. `Emerald Beauty` was grown in containers during 2012
for observation and selected for propagation in 2013. It was
propagated by stem cuttings in Corvallis, Oreg. Cuttings rooted
easily with hormone treatment under mist. Clones produced from
serial asexual propagation and grown in Corvallis, Oreg. have
demonstrated the stability of its traits from 2013 through 2019.
Replicates produced from stem cuttings were included in a
glasshouse study to evaluate fire blight resistance of hybrids and
parents during 2014. Plants were inoculated with a virulent strain
(Ea153) of Erwinia amylovora by bisecting the two youngest leaves
on vigorously growing shoots according to the method of Rothleutner
et al. (HortScience, 49, 1480-1485, 2014). Plants of this accession
exhibited extremely minor disease symptoms (1% shoot infection).
`Coral Beauty` had 11.1% mean shoot infection during that
evaluation. `Emerald Beauty` has not been inoculated with all
isolates under all conditions but in one study with a highly
virulent but extremely rare isolate (La635) `Emerald Beauty` had a
mean shoot infection of 10.4% and in that same study, `Coral
Beauty` had a mean shoot infection of 15.6%.
SUMMARY
Plants of the new Cotoneaster have not been observed under all
possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat
with variations in environment and cultural practices such as
temperature and light intensity without any variance in
genotype.
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are
determined to be unique to `Emerald Beauty`. Collectively, these
traits distinguish `Emerald Beauty` from other available
Cotoneasters. 1. Resistance to fire blight 2. Excellent container
production performance that required pruning only at potting 3.
Rapid propagation and production that progressed from rooting to
shifting in as little as four weeks 4. Improved landscape
aesthetics due to improved branching
Compared to its female parent, Cotoneaster x suecicus `Coral
Beauty`, plants of `Emerald Beauty` are easily distinguishable
based on the following traits: 1. `Emerald Beauty` plants have a
more regular growth form. 2. `Emerald Beauty` plants have a more
compact habit. 3. `Emerald Beauty` plants have fire blight (Erwinia
amylovora) resistance. 4. `Emerald Beauty` plants require less
pruning during production to yield salable plants.
The foregoing and other objects and features of the new variety
will become more apparent from the following detailed description,
which proceeds with reference to the accompanying figures.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The accompanying photographs illustrate a new cultivar in color as
nearly true as it is reasonably possible to make the same in color
illustrations of this nature. The plants were grown outside in full
sun in containers and in the landscape in Corvallis, Oreg.,
USA.
FIG. 1--Illustrates a production block of two-year old `Emerald
Beauty` plants growing in containers. The uniform, extensive
branching habit of `Emerald Beauty` is clearly visible.
FIG. 2--Illustrates the floriferous nature of the `Emerald Beauty`
cultivar as well as its habit when left unpruned at any stage of
production.
FIG. 3--Illustrates the mounding habit and flowering of `Emerald
Beauty`.
FIG. 4--Comparison of `Coral Beauty` (left) `Emerald Sprite`
(center, U.S. Plant Pat. No. 31,719) and `Emerald Beauty` (right)
that clearly illustrates the compact nature of `Emerald Sprite` and
the improved branching and habit of `Emerald Beauty` compared to
`Coral Beauty`; all plants in this photo were unpruned.
FIG. 5--Comparison of clones of `Emerald Beauty` (left) with `Coral
Beauty` (right) during fall when plants were exhibiting fall color;
all plants were unpruned.
FIG. 6--Illustrates the uniform branching habit of `Emerald Beauty`
in the landscape.
FIG. 7--Illustrates the fruit set of `Emerald Beauty` in the
landscape.
FIG. 8--Illustrates a close-up image of fruit of `Emerald
Beauty`.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
The following is a detailed description while observing mature
plants of the new following the rooting of stem cuttings. Such
plants ranged between two and five years of age and were found to
have consistent morphology with the exception of size (younger
plants are smaller). Plants were observed growing outdoors in full
sun in Corvallis, Oreg., USA. Color terminology is in accordance to
The R.H.S. Colour Chart (fifth edition) of The Royal Horticultural
Society, London, 2007. Classification: Botanical name.--Cotoneaster
x suecicus. Common name.--Cotoneaster. Variety name.--`Emerald
Beauty`. Parentage: Open-pollinated seedling collected from
Cotoneaster x suecicus `Coral Beauty`, which was pollinated by an
unknown pollen parent -- likely a self-pollination. Plant
description: Growth habit.--Cushion-like to semi-rounded, stems
rooting at nodes. Height at maturity.--51 cm. Width at
maturity.--92 cm. Stem: Mature stem texture.--Glabrous. Mature stem
color.--Brown Group 200B and in some stems transitioning to Brown
Group N200B lower on the stem where it exhibited a slightly
glaucous appearance. Immature stem color.--Green Group 138B.
Length.--33 cm. Diameter.--0.3 cm. Internode length.--0.3 cm.
Leaves: Type.--Evergreen to semi-evergreen.
Arrangement.--Alternate. Shape.--Elliptic, keeled. Veins.--Pinnate.
Vein color.--Adaxial surface -- Green Group N139A, Abaxial surface
-- Greyed-Green Group 191B. Mature leaf texture.--Glabrous
adaxially, light pubescent and reticulate abaxially. Base.--Cuneate
to nearly rounded. Apex.--Mucronate. Margin.--Entire. Mature leaf
size.--2.2 cm long.times.0.93 cm wide. Mature leaf color.--Adaxial
surface -- Green Group N139A, Abaxial surface -- Greyed-Green Group
191B. Fall color.--Highly variable; predominating color 184A
Greyed-Purple Group. Petiole length.--0.46 cm. Petiole
diameter.--0.65 mm. Petiole color.--Yellow-Green Group N144C.
Inflorescence: Number of flowers per inflorescence.--Solitary or
2-5. Diameter.--0.8 to 1.1 cm. Type.--Solitary or corymb. Flowering
season.--May to June. Petal.--Five petals, White Group NN155C.
Petal shape.--Rhombic-obdeltoid. Petal length.--4.5 mm. Petal
width.--4 mm. Petal apex.--Rounded to subacute. Petal
margin.--Entire. Petal base.--Rounded. Petal surface
texture.--Glabrous abaxially and adaxially. Peduncle length.--Up to
5 mm. Peduncle diameter.--About 1 mm. Peduncle
color.--Greyed-Purple Group 183A. Sepal shape.--Deltoid. Sepal
number.--5. Sepal length.--1.3 mm. Sepal width.--1.3 mm. Sepal
apex.--Acute. Sepal margin.--Entire and ciliate-puberulent. Sepal
surface texture.--Pubescent adaxially, glabrous abaxially. Sepal
color.--Abaxial and adaxial surfaces are Yellow-Green Group N144C.
Fruit: Fruit.--Obovate, 0.75-0.8 cm diameter and 0.85 cm long,
sun-exposed base color is Red Group 42B with a somewhat irregular
blush coloration where shaded that is Red Group 39B. Seeds.--Three
per fruit. Color varies from 173D Greyed-Orange Group through 173C
Greyed-Orange Group to 178A Greyed-Red Group. Propagation and
production: 2.5 cm softwood terminal and subterminal cuttings
treated with 1000 ppm auxin and set in 3 parts perlite: 2 part peat
in a community flat under intermittent mist and bottom heat rooted
>90% in 28 days. Observations indicate that plants can be
propagated and produce a finished trade gallon container in
approximately 9-months. Disease and insect resistance: 1% shoot
infection following inoculation with a virulent strain of Erwinia
amylovora (Ea153), whereas its seed parent, Cotoneaster x suecicus
`Coral Beauty` had 11.1% mean shoot infection during the same
evaluation.
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