Fengapi Apple Tree Merging Gala and Pink Rose Traits
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need for a new apple tree variety that combines desirable traits such as later harvest time, unique fruit shape, improved taste, and extended shelf life, while maintaining good eating qualities and distinct fruit skin color, which are not adequately addressed by existing Malus domestica varieties.
Innovation Solution
The development of the 'Fengapi' apple tree variety, resulting from crossing Malus domestica 'Gala' and 'Pink Rose', which exhibits a later harvest time, earlier fruit skin color, and distinct characteristics like crunchy flesh texture and improved shelf life, achieved through asexual reproduction by chip-budding.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Duration of action of moving object
If existing Malus domestica varieties are used, then harvest time and fruit characteristics are limited by parental varieties, but the need for later harvest time, unique fruit shape, and extended shelf life cannot be met
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines traits from two parental varieties (Gala and Pink Rose) through controlled cross-breeding to create a new variety that merges desirable characteristics including later harvest time, unique fruit shape, and extended shelf life that neither parent possesses alone
2Shape
If existing Malus domestica varieties are used, then fruit skin color and taste are constrained, but the need for vivid red skin color and improved taste cannot be achieved
Solution Approach 1:
The cross-breeding program merges the vivid red skin color inheritance from Pink Rose with the excellent eating qualities and crunchy flesh texture from Gala, achieving a combination of visual appeal and taste that exceeds both parental varieties
3Duration of action of stationary object
If existing Malus domestica varieties are used, then shelf life is limited, but the need for extended shelf life and improved keeping quality cannot be met
Solution Approach 1:
The new variety combines genetic traits that confer extended shelf life and improved keeping quality from the parental varieties, resulting in fruit that maintains freshness and quality over longer storage periods compared to either parent alone
Data Source
AI summary
A new and distinct Malus domestica (Borkh.) variety is provided that produces apples having a vivid red fruit skin color and good eating qualities.