VARIETAL NAME: 'Date Akagi'

Taxonomical and basic information

Varietal name:
'Date Akagi'
Identification/ Accession n.:
IT23_00483
Ingroup:
Morus indica s.l.
Species:
M. indica (syn. M. bombycis)
Origin:
China
Obtained:
former Sericulture Station of Ascoli Piceno (IT)

Morphological characteristics

Trunk:
Trunk circumference (cm):
Trunk colour:
Greyish brown
Shoots:
Colour of one-year old shoot:
Medium brown
Lenticel density:
Sparse
Lenticel shape:
Elliptical
Buds:
Bud shape:
Broad triangular
Bud colour:
Greyish brown
Bud size:
medium
Leaves:
Phyllotaxis:
Leaf shape:
Simple and lobed
Average leaf size: length (cm):
16.6
Average leaf size: width (cm)
11.9
Leaf size ratio:
Medium (1.3-1.5)
Petiole size (cm):
2
Petiole range:
Short (11-20 mm)
Shape of leaf base:
Truncate
Shape of leaf apex:
Acute
Leaf blade tip:
Caudate
Leaf blade margin:
Serrate
Hairiness:
Glabrous
Glossiness:
Glossy

Reproductive structures

Sexual dimorphisem:
Monoecious
Inflorescence type:
Male&female
Inflorescence size:
Female infl. length (mm):
Female infl. diameter (mm):
Female infl. stalk length (mm):
13,0
Male infl. length (mm):
39.2
Male infl. diameter (mm):
7.4
Male infl. stalk length (mm):
14.1
Polygamous infl. length (mm):
Polygamous infl. diameter (mm):
Polyg. infl. stalk length (mm):
Infructescence:
Fruit weight (g):
Infructescence length (mm):
20
Infructescence width (mm):
12
Length of peduncle:
Long
Infructescence colour:
Black
Taste:
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):
57.3
Number of lateral shoots:
0
Lenght of internode (cm):
5.1
Leaf No./meter:
Weight of 100 fresh leaves (g):