A New Autumn Cabbage Hybrid Cultivar'Zhonggan 96'with Fusarium Yellows Resistance and Crack Tolerance
'Zhonggan 96' is a CMS hybrid between CMS96-100-312 and inbred line 96-109-266 with resistance against Fusarium yellows for the mid-early maturity autumn cabbage growing. It takes 70 days from transplant to harvest when planted in north area of China as the fall cabbage. It has round to semi-round head (head weight around 1.1 kg) and it is resistant to fusarium yellows, virus diseases, and black rot with heat tolerance and crack resistance. This is the first cabbage hybrid reported in public with Fusarium yellows resistance inside China and passed the approval of national identification. It is suitable for autumn cabbage planting in Beijing, Shandong, Shanxi, Henan, Zhejiang, etc.