VARIETAL NAME: 'Aoba Nezumi'


Taxonomical and basic information
Varietal name:
'Aoba Nezumi'
Identification/ Accession n.:
IT23_00523
Ingroup:
Morus alba s.l.
Species:
M. alba
Origin:
Japan
Obtained:
CBNMed-Porquerolles (FR)
Morphological characteristics
Trunk:
Trunk circumference (cm):
Trunk colour:
Greyish brown

Shoots:
Colour of one-year old shoot:
Greyish brown
Lenticel density:
High
Lenticel shape:
Elliptical

Buds:
Bud shape:
Ovate
Bud colour:
Reddish brown
Bud size:
medium


Leaves:
Phyllotaxis:
Leaf shape:
Lobed
Average leaf size: length (cm):
11.8
Average leaf size: width (cm)
8.8
Leaf size ratio:
Medium (1.3-1.5)
Petiole size (cm):
2.9
Petiole range:
Medium (21-40mm)
Shape of leaf base:
Retuse
Shape of leaf apex:
Acute
Leaf blade tip:
Acuminate
Leaf blade margin:
Crenate
Hairiness:
Glabrous
Glossiness:
Glossy




Reproductive structures
Sexual dimorphisem:
Monoecious
Inflorescence type:
female&male&polygamous
Inflorescence size:
Female infl. length (mm):
8.5
Female infl. diameter (mm):
5.1
Female infl. stalk length (mm):
7.9
Male infl. length (mm):
22.6
Male infl. diameter (mm):
6.5
Male infl. stalk length (mm):
11.5
Polygamous infl. length (mm):
/
Polygamous infl. diameter (mm):
/
Polyg. infl. stalk length (mm):
/
Infructescence:
Fruit weight (g):
/
Infructescence length (mm):
23
Infructescence width (mm):
14
Length of peduncle:
Medium
Infructescence colour:
Yellowish white
Taste:
Sweet
Infructescence shape:
Ellipsoid




Phenological descriptors
Date of bud burst (week):
Flowering date (week):
Date of infructescence ripening (week):
Uniformity of infructescence ripening:
Abundant autumn colouring (week):
Growth and yield attributes
Vigour:
Lenght (cm):
44.4
Number of lateral shoots:
0.2
Lenght of internode (cm):
2.9
Leaf No./meter:
Weight of 100 fresh leaves (g):
