关键词: 鸡冠花, 空间诱变, 系统选择, 品种

Abstract:

‘Ronghua’ is a new cultivar developed from the seeds carried by recoverable satellite of
Celosia cristata‘Zaoshui’，a traditional cultivar in Guangdong. The stable mutant lines were cultivated
through selecting for 5 generations. ‘Ronghua’cockscomb is 26.32 cm in height，30.92 cm in width，9
scarlet color crested inflorescences on average and long oval leaf with yellowish green color.
Inflorescences of this cultivar set earlier than that of the original cultivar and lasts over 60 days. The best
growing season for this cultivar is in summer in the most regions of China but around year in Southern
China for its tolerance to high temperature.

Key words: Celosia cristata, cockscomb flower, mutation in space, line selection, cultivar