U.S. patent number PP32,743 [Application Number 16/602,868] was granted by the patent office on 2021-01-12 for kiwi plant named `ac 497 076`.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Universita degli Studi Udine. The grantee listed for this patent is Universita degli Studi di Udine. Invention is credited to Guido Cipriani, Raffaele Testolin.
United States Patent |
PP32,743 |
Testolin , et al. |
January 12, 2021 |
Kiwi plant named `AC 497 076`
Abstract
A new female kiwi plant named `AC 497 076`, distinguished by its
oblong fruit with brown hairless skin and dark yellow flesh. The
fruit is very sweet with low acidity, and matures relatively
early.
Inventors: |
Testolin; Raffaele (Udine,
IT), Cipriani; Guido (Faedis, IT) |
Applicant: |
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Universita degli Studi di Udine |
Udine |
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IT |
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Assignee: |
Universita degli Studi Udine
(Udine, IT)
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Family
ID: |
71070853 |
Appl.
No.: |
16/602,868 |
Filed: |
December 12, 2019 |
Prior Publication Data
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Document
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Publication Date |
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US 20200196500 P1 |
Jun 18, 2020 |
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Foreign Application Priority Data
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Dec 14, 2018 [QZ] |
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PBR 2018/3375 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
PLT/156 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A01H
6/00 (20180501); A01H 5/08 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
A01H
5/08 (20180101); A01H 6/00 (20180101) |
Field of
Search: |
;PLT/156 |
Primary Examiner: McCormick Ewoldt; Susan
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Michelle Bos Legal LLC
Claims
We claim:
1. A new and distinct kiwi plant substantially as described and
illustrated herein.
Description
Genus and species: Actinidia chinensis Planch.
Variety denomination: `AC 497 076`.
BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF THE NEW VARIETY
The invention relates to a new variety of kiwi plant (Actinidia
chinensis Planch.) named `AC 497 076`, which originated in the
course of a plant breeding program at Udine, Italy. Female parent
`Jintao` (not patented) was crossed with male parent `A134.41` (not
patented), and `AC 497 076` was selected from the resulting
seedlings. The new variety has been asexually reproduced by
grafting and by in vitro propagation at Bernalda-Metaponto, Matera,
Italy, and has been found to remain true-to-type over successive
generations.
`AC 497 076` is distinguished from parent `Jintao` and similar
variety `Soreli` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 21,552) by the
characteristics set forth in Table 1 below.
TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 Comparison of `AC 497 076` to `Jintao` and
`Soreli` `AC 497 076` `Jintao` `Soreli` Plant vigor Medium Medium
Weak Density of hair on Very sparse Dense Medium young shoot Color
of stem shoot Grey brown Red brown Purple brown on sunny side Shape
of leaf apex Emarginate with Acuminate Acuminate cuspidate tip Leaf
basal lobes Far apart Touching Slightly overlapping
DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS
FIG. 1 shows a branch, fruits and leaves of `AC 497 076`;
FIG. 2 shows a shoot and young leaves of `AC 497 076`;
FIG. 3 shows a mature leaf of `AC 497 076`; and,
FIG. 4 shows whole and sectioned fruit of `AC 497 076`.
DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION
The plants depicted and described herein were planted in 2010 on
their own roots at Bernalda-Metaponto, Matera, Italy. Photographs
were taken in 2017, and observations were recorded from 2012 to
2019. This description relies primarily on the observations
recorded in 2018 and 2019. Colors are described with reference to
The Royal Horticultural Society Mini Colour Chart (2005). The
characteristics described will vary somewhat depending upon
cultural practices and climatic conditions, and will vary with
location and season. Quantified measurements are expressed as an
average of measurements taken from a number of individual plants of
the new variety. The measurements of any individual plant or any
group of plants of the new variety may vary from the stated
average. Plant: Plant sex.--Female. Plant form.--Climbing vine.
Self-fruit setting.--Absent. Vigor.--Medium. Height of mature
plant.--Approximately 3 m from ground to top of canopy. Spread of
mature plant.--Approximately 6 m.sup.2. Stem: Thickness.--Medium,
12 mm. Color of shoot on sunny side.--Purple brown 166A. Texture of
bark.--Smooth. Density of hairs.--Absent or sparse. Size of
lenticels.--Small, oblong, 1.0 mm.times.0.4 mm. Color of
lenticels.--Purple brown 166A. Number of lenticels.--Few.
Prominence of bud support.--Weak. Presence of bud cover.--Absent.
Leaf scar.--Moderately depressed. Pith.--Lamellate. Young shoot:
Length.--Varies. Diameter.--6 mm at 30 cm below shoot tip.
Color.--Yellow green 145A. Anthocyanin coloration of growing tip on
young shoot.--Absent or very weak. Pubescence on young shoot.--Very
sparse. Texture of pubescence.--Soft. Mature laterals:
Length.--Variable. Diameter.--7 mm. Color.--Purple brown 166A.
Texture.--Soft. Lenticel size.--0.5 mm. Lenticel shape.--Oblong.
Lenticel density.--6 per cm.sup.2. Leaf: Arrangement.--Alternate.
Shape.--Orbicular. Length.--170 mm. Width.--180 mm. Length/width
ratio.--Moderately compressed. Margin.--Ciliated. Density of
serrations of margin.--High. Depth of leaf scar.--Moderately
depressed. Shape of apex.--Emarginate with cuspidate tip. Basal
lobes.--Present. Arrangement of basal lobes.--Far apart. Blade
shape in cross section.--Flat to concave upper surface. Pubescence
on upper side.--Absent or very sparse. Pubescence on lower
side.--Present, moderate. Attitude in relation to shoot.--Upward
and outward. Color of upper surface.--Yellow green 145A. Color of
lower surface.--Yellow green 145C. Anthocyanin coloration of upper
side.--Medium. Variegation.--Absent. Venation.--Reticulate, upper
surface pale yellow 161C, lower surface yellow green 145C. Leaf
texture.--Tomentose and rugose. Petiole length.--95 mm. Petiole
diameter.--3 mm. Petiole color.--Dark pink red 51B. Length of
petiole relative to blade.--Large. Presence of pubescence on
petiole.--Absent. Flowers: Time of beginning of flowering.--Medium,
7 to 8 days before `Hayward`. Duration of flowering.--4 to 8 days.
Bud shape.--Round. Bud length.--2 mm. Bud diameter.--4 mm. Bud
color.--Purple brown 166A. Inflorescence type.--Dichasium. Quantity
of blossoms per inflorescence.--Medium, avg. 1.12 in mother plant,
up to 1.7 in grafted plants. Length of inflorescence.--38 mm. Width
of inflorescence at widest point.--25 mm. Peduncle length.--28 mm.
Length of lowest lateral.--16 mm. Attitude of lateral in relation
to peduncle.--Open. Blossom diameter.--6 mm. Blossom depth.--3 mm.
Flower bud: position of first spike.--Low. Number of sepals.--5.
Sepal length.--4 mm. Sepal width.--2.5 mm. Sepal margin.--Entire.
Sepal color.--Upper surface -- Yellow green 145C. Sepal
color.--Lower surface -- Yellow green 145A. Density of sepal
hairs.--Absent or sparse. Quantity of petals per flower.--6 to 7.
Arrangement of petals.--Overlapping. Petal shape.--Obovate. Petal
apex.--Emarginate. Petal margin.--Entire. Petal shape in
profile.--Convex. Petal color on adaxial side.--White 155C. Petal
second color on adaxial side.--Red spot on one petal. Petal color
on abaxial side.--White 155C with red blush. Pedicel length.--45
mm. Pedicel diameter.--2 mm. Pedicel color.--Yellow green 145A.
Pistil quantity per flower.--30. Pistil length.--11 mm. Pistil
color.--White N999D. Attitude of styles.--Semi-erect. Stigma
length.--1.3 mm. Stigma color.--White N999D. Style length.--9.5 mm.
Style color.--White N999D. Ovary length.--4 mm. Ovary diameter.--6
mm. Ovary color.--White N999D. Anther quantity per flower.--80 to
90. Anther length.--3 mm. Pollen color.--White 157B. Anther
color.--Orange yellow 14A. Pollenizers.--`Belen` (not patented),
`Zuva` (not patented), `Matua` (not patented). Fruit:
Weight.--High, 109 g. Length.--Medium, 76 mm. Diameter.--Medium, 48
mm. Length/width ratio.--Medium. Shape.--Oblong to elliptic. Shape
in cross section at median.--Circular. Shape at stylar
end.--Strongly depressed. Presence of calyx ring.--Present. Shape
of shoulder at stalk end.--Weakly sloping. Length of
stalk.--Medium, 30 mm. Diameter of stalk.--3 mm. Color of
stalk.--Purple brown 183A. Length of stalk relative to length of
fruit.--Medium. Conspicuousness of lenticels on skin.--Weak.
Hairiness of skin.--Considered hairless. Texture of skin;
pubescence.--Strong pubescence masking the skin color. Color of
skin.--Purple brown 183A. Thickness of skin.--Thick. Adherence of
skin to flesh.--Strong. Color of outer pericarp.--Yellow 12A. Color
of locules.--Light yellow brown 160B. Diameter of core relative to
fruit.--Medium, 10 mm.times.20 mm. General shape of core in cross
section.--Elliptic. Color of core.--Light yellow 4D. Firmness of
flesh.--1.5+/-0.5 kg/cm.sup.2 (8 mm tip, eating ripe).
Sweetness.--High, 16.2+/-0.3.degree. Brix (eating ripe).
Acidity.--Low. Seeds.--Numerous, oblong, dark reddish brown 200A.
Time of vegetative bud burst.--Early, similar to `Tomua` (U.S.
Plant Pat. No. 11,065). Time of maturity for harvest.--Early,
September 15 to October 1 (Northern Hemisphere). Tolerance to heat,
cold, drought.--Tolerant in area tested (USDA Hardiness Zone
9a/9b); Similar to `Jintao`. Market use.--Fresh. Keeping
quality.--Good. Shipping quality.--Good.
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