Introduction to the Characteristics of an Extra-Early-Maturing Fresh-Edible Soybean Variety
"Chunfengzao" is an early-maturing variety, formerly named Beiguozaosheng. It is a fresh-edible spring soybean variety introduced by the Zhejiang Provincial Agricultural New Variety Introduction and Development Center from the Tohoku Seed Co., Ltd. of Japan. It passed the examination and approval of the Zhejiang Variety Approval Committee in 2001. After two years of multi-site spring-sowing comparative trials, this variety achieved an average fresh pod yield of 521.8 kg per mu, a 4.5% increase in yield per mu compared with the control "Xiaoken 8901". Its spring-sowing growth period (from sowing to harvest of fresh pods) is 80 days. It is of the determinate pod-setting type, with a compact plant architecture and a plant height of 30-35 cm. The fresh weight of 100 pods is about 230 g, and the fresh weight of 100 seeds is about 68 g. This variety is suitable for early spring sowing. Its pods are fresh green, with a glutinous texture and a relatively long shelf life, and it has good marketability, making it suitable for both processing and fresh consumption. However, "Chunfengzao" has a short growth period and relatively weak seedling vigor, so in cultivation attention should be paid to promoting early growth and building a high-yielding framework; for early spring sowing, protected facility cultivation is more suitable in order to achieve stable yield and increased income.