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Registration of High Alpha‐Acid Male Hop Germplasm USDA 21267M
Author(s) -
Henning John A.,
Gent D. H,
Townsend M. Shaun,
Haunold Alfred
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of plant registrations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1940-3496
pISSN - 1936-5209
DOI - 10.3198/jpr2017.09.0068crg
Subject(s) - germplasm , humulus lupulus , hop (telecommunications) , xanthohumol , cultivar , biology , agronomy , microbiology and biotechnology , horticulture , engineering , telecommunications , pepper
USDA 21267M (Reg. No. GP‐37, PI 559093) male hop ( Humulus lupulus L. var. lupulus ) germplasm was released to the public 6 Dec. 2011. This germplasm has been used by the USDA–ARS for hop cultivar development for several decades. Nonagency interest in this germplasm was expressed, and release of this material is considered beneficial for the US public. USDA 21267M arose from a cross, made in 1973 involving the hop cultivar Comet and the USDA–ARS hop male germplasm 21110M. The defining characteristics of USDA 21267M are its high alpha acid levels observed in lupulin glands as well as good breeding value for yield, alpha and beta acid levels, and high xanthohumol levels. It is expected that hop breeders will use this germplasm as a parent for high‐yielding, high‐alpha hop breeding material. The release of USDA 21267M will give both public and private breeders new germplasm for varietal development.