Origin and Variety Characteristics of the New Banana Variety Tai Jiao No. 6 Yufeng
Tai Jiao No. 6 is also known as Yufeng. Its parent is [Tai Jiao No. 2] (Cavendish B.F), and it belongs to the Cavendish banana group along with [Bei Jiao]. Its original code was TC2-425. In October of the 96th year of the Republic of China (2007), an application was made to name this high-yielding elite new variety, and after review it was approved and named [Tai Jiao No. 6], with the Chinese common name [Yufeng].
Fruit characteristics: about 10-13 hands per bunch; about 166-211 fingers; fruit weight about 27-35 kg; average finger length about 23-24 cm; average finger weight about 155-200 grams, with a sweet and delicious flavor.
Summary of variety characteristics:
1. Pseudostem: medium-short type in newly planted plants, thick stem circumference, green in color.
2. Leaves: leaf length-to-width ratio 2.1~2.3:1, petiole medium in length, petiole groove open.
3. Male bract: bract obovate, outer color pinkish-purple, curling back after opening, bract shoulder high, bract scar prominent.
4. Bunch and fruit: rachis pointing downward, rachis with much fuzz, finger cross-section angular, fruit body curved with blunt tip, pedicel long, peel bright yellow after ripening, aroma strong.
5. Resistance to yellow leaf disease: no resistance.
