Self-Fertile Cherry Tree ‘SMS-9CA 2014-9’ for High Yield
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cherry tree varieties like 'Chelan' and 'Brooks' are self-infertile, requiring cross-pollination and resulting in lower fruit production and smaller fruit size, with 'SC3-35' having earlier ripening but less productive and smaller fruit.
Innovation Solution
The 'SMS-9CA 2014-9' cherry tree variety is an early ripening, self-fertile selection with larger fruit and higher productivity, maturing around 'Chelan' and 'Brooks', with superior organoleptic qualities and longer stem length, grafted onto Prunus mahaleb rootstock for propagation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If self-infertile varieties like 'Chelan' and 'Brooks' are used, then cross-pollination is required, but fruit production and fruit size are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The cherry tree variety 'SMS-9CA 2014-9' possesses self-fertility capability through specific alleles (S1S4′) that enable self-pollination and regular cropping without requiring cross-pollination from other trees, thus eliminating the need for complex pollination management while maintaining high productivity
2Loss of time
If 'SC3-35' variety is used for earlier ripening, then ripening time is advanced, but fruit production and fruit size are smaller
Solution Approach 1:
The variety 'SMS-9CA 2014-9' achieves an optimal balance of ripening time and productivity by selecting and propagating trees with specific genetic characteristics that combine early-to-mid season ripening (comparable to 'Chelan' and 'Brooks') with high fruit production capacity and large fruit size, representing a parameter optimization in the time-yield relationship
3Volume of moving object
If larger fruit size is achieved, then marketability is improved, but firmness may be reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The variety 'SMS-9CA 2014-9' produces fruit with differentiated local qualities: the fruit skin and flesh maintain adequate firmness and structural integrity despite large size (25-28 mm average, with many fruits reaching 32-36 mm), allowing the fruit to withstand handling and transport while remaining marketable
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AI summary
A new and distinct variety of sweet cherry tree, which is denominated varietally as ‘SMS-9CA 2014-9’, and which produces fruit having an early ripening fruit (‘Chelan’ timing), and which further has a large fruit, high production, self-fertility, a long stem, and strong fruit attachment, and which further has a very attractive appearance, and organoleptic qualities.