Comprehensive Evaluation of Seed Traits in Five Cary a illinoinensis Varieties from Different Origins in Jiangxi Province
Through anedyzing the differences and correlations of various indicators of single fruit weight,fruit transverse diameter,fruit longitudinal diameter,shell thickness,kernel weight,fresh kernel yield,oil content,and protein content of five Cary a illinoinensis from different regions.The re-sults showed that there was the largest difference in the transverse diameter of Xiao Ni fruit among dif-ferent production areas,reaching 23.95%,while Ma Han fruit had the largest transverse diameter a-mong all production areas.The differences in shell thickness among the five varieties were all over 25%;The highest single fruit weight is found in the Guixi production area of Mahan(12.51 g)and the Jinxian production area of Boni(6.96 g),with the highest kernel weight and fresh kernel rate(61.10%).The Cardo variety has the largest difference in single fruit weight among different produc-tion areas,reaching 44.23%.The average single fruit weight of the Mahan variety is higher than that of other varieties,while the fresh kernel rate of the Mahan variety in the Jinxian production area is sig-nificantly lower than that of other production areas;The protein content of"Boni"from Wanzai pro-duction area is the highest(12.91 g/100 g),significantly higher than other production areas,and 114.25%higher than the lowest production area of Jinxian.The protein content difference between"Xiaoni"(15.72 g/100 g)and"Boni"(5.69 g/100 g)in Jinxian production area is 176.27%.The oil content of"Boni""Mahan""Jinhua""Kado",and"Xiaoni"varieties is highest in GX(74.90%),JX(67.62%),GQ(71.64%),GX(74.38%),and GX(68.34%)regions,respectively;There is a highly significant positive correlation between kernel weight and single fruit weight,as well as fruit transverse and longitudinal diameters.Protein content shows a significant negative correlation with sin-gle fruit weight and kernel weight.The five varieties of Boni,Mahan,Jinhua,Kado,and Xiaoni showed the best performance in the production areas of Wanzai,Gongqing,Wanzai,Gao'an,and Wuning,respectively.Taking into account the overall performance of various varieties,Mahan per-formed the best and Xiaoni performed the worst.In summary,Mahan is suitable for planting in all sur-veyed production areas,while Xiaoni performs poorly except in the Wuning production area.Jinhua is suitable for planting in Gao'an,Gongqingcheng,and Wanzai,Kaduo performs the best in the Gao'an production area,and Boni performs similarly in various production areas.