Details for: PI 667942, Actinidia chinensis Planch., 'Early Bird'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Actinidia chinensis Planch.

Cultivar:

'Early Bird'

Origin:

Collected – China

Maintained:

Natl. Germplasm Repository - Davis

Received by NPGS:

25 Jul 2005

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Vine

Life Habit:

Woody Vine

Availability

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Cutting: January 22 - January 27

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Actinidia chinensis Planch.

Cultivar:

'Early Bird'

Origin:

Collected – China

Maintained:

Natl. Germplasm Repository - Davis

Received by NPGS:

25 Jul 2005

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Vine

Life Habit:

Woody Vine

Source History

Collected

China
Comment: Donor received as seed.

Donated

25 July 2005.
California, United States
Comment: Donated to NCGR, Davis
Donor(s):

Ryugo, Kay, University of California

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Early Bird'

Type: Cultivar name

Ryugo, Kay University of California

Planchon

Type: Unverified name

R5 V19

Type: Donor identifier

Donor location (UC Davis, Pomology)

Ryugo, Kay University of California

DACT 190

Type: Site identifier

Narrative

Flower = Male. "The seedling originated from a mixture of seeds collected from a test plot of A. chinensis and A. deliciosa sent to Dr. Kay Ryugo in 1983 by Mr. Ma Jie, Vice Director of the Scientific and Technological Commission of Shijiazhuang Prefecture, Hebei Province, China. Released as `Early Bird? in 2008, as pollenizer for `Eldorado? (DACT188) and `Nugget? (DACT1890."

Actinidia chinensis Planch.

Genus:

Actinidia

Section:

Stellatae

Subsection:

Perfectae

Family:

Actinidiaceae

Nomen number:

1405

Place of publication:

London J. Bot. 6:303. 1847

Comment:

often given as name for kiwifruit, which is Actinidia deliciosa

Verified:

07/22/2009 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Autonym(s)
Actinidia chinensis Planch. f. chinensis
Actinidia chinensis Planch. var. chinensis

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Actinidia chinensis Planch. f. jinggangshanensis C. F. Liang
Actinidia chinensis Planch. f. rufopulpa C. F. Liang & R. H. Huang
Actinidia chinensis Planch. var. jinggangshanensis (C. F. Liang) C. F. Liang & A. R. Ferguson
Actinidia chinensis Planch. var. rufopulpa (C. F. Liang & R. H. Huang) C. F. Liang & A. R. Ferguson

Common names

Language	Name	Alternate name	seq	Citation
English	Chinese soft-hair kiwi		1	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia II: a source book of edible plants Note: Kampong Publications
English	gold kiwifruit		1	Auger, J. et al. 2011. Outbreak of a lethal wilt form of gold kiwifruit, Actinidia chinensis 'Hort16A' in Chile. Acta Hort. 913:473-479.
English	golden kiwifruit		1	Brevik, A. et al. 2011. Supplementation of a western diet with golden kiwifruits (Actinidia chinensis var. 'Hort 16A':) effects on biomarkers of oxidation damage and antioxidant protection. Nutr. J. 10:54. Note: BioMed Central Ltd.
Chinese	zhong hua mi hou tao	中华猕猴桃	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Swedish	gul kiwi		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Inventory	Availability
FLWR-FRUIT	Anther color	the color of the anthers	Yellow-orange	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.09	DACT 190 0000A PL	Out of Season
FLWR-FRUIT	Anther color	the color of the anthers	Yellow-orange	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.10	DACT 190 0000A PL	Out of Season
FLWR-FRUIT	Skin color at comm. ripeness	Skin color at commercial ripeness	Medium brown	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.10	DACT 190 0000B PL	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	Shape of shoulder at stalk end	Fruit shape of shoulder at stalk end	Rounded	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.10	DACT 190 0000B PL	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	Fruit length	Fruit length (mm) average of 10 fruit	63.41	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.10	DACT 190 0000B PL	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	Fruit width	Fruit width (mm) average of 10 fruit	40.63	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.10	DACT 190 0000B PL	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	Adherence of hair	Adherence of hair to skin when rubbed	Medium	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.10	DACT 190 0000B PL	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	Latitudinal fruit shape	Shape of fruit in latitudinal cross section	Oblate	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.10	DACT 190 0000B PL	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	Longitudinal fruit shape	Shape of fruit in longitudinal cross section	Oblong	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.10	DACT 190 0000B PL	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	Main petal color	The main color of the petals	Orange	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.09	DACT 190 0000A PL	Out of Season
FLWR-FRUIT	Main petal color	The main color of the petals	Orange	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.10	DACT 190 0000A PL	Out of Season
FLWR-FRUIT	Appearance of ovary	Appearance of ovary-enlarged or reduced	Reduced	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.09	DACT 190 0000A PL	Out of Season
FLWR-FRUIT	Appearance of ovary	Appearance of ovary-enlarged or reduced	Reduced	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.10	DACT 190 0000A PL	Out of Season
FLWR-FRUIT	Ovary pubescence	Presence of hair on the ovary	Weak	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.09	DACT 190 0000A PL	Out of Season
FLWR-FRUIT	Ovary pubescence	Presence of hair on the ovary	Weak	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.10	DACT 190 0000A PL	Out of Season
FLWR-FRUIT	Petal arrangement	Arrangement of petals as viewed from beneath	Overlap	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.10	DACT 190 0000A PL	Out of Season
FLWR-FRUIT	Petal arrangement	Arrangement of petals as viewed from beneath	Touching	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.09	DACT 190 0000A PL	Out of Season
FLWR-FRUIT	Petal type of coloration	Type of petal coloration	Single	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.09	DACT 190 0000A PL	Out of Season
FLWR-FRUIT	Petal type of coloration	Type of petal coloration	Single	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.10	DACT 190 0000A PL	Out of Season
FLWR-FRUIT	Sepal color	The color of the sepals	Brown	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.10	DACT 190 0000A PL	Out of Season
FLWR-FRUIT	Sepal color	The color of the sepals	Green	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.09	DACT 190 0000A PL	Out of Season
FLWR-FRUIT	Adherence of skin	Adherence of skin to flesh at consumption	Strong	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.10	DACT 190 0000B PL	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	Skin pubescence density	Density of hair on the fruit skin	Dense	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.10	DACT 190 0000B PL	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	Skin pubescence	Type of hair on the fruit skin	Hirsute	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.10	DACT 190 0000B PL	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	Stamen number	Number of stamens	Many	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.09	DACT 190 0000A PL	Out of Season
FLWR-FRUIT	Stamen number	Number of stamens	Medium	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.10	DACT 190 0000A PL	Out of Season
FLWR-FRUIT	Fruit shape at stylar end	Shape of fruit at the stylar end	Flat	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.10	DACT 190 0000B PL	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	FLOWER SIZE	Average diameter (mm) of fully-opened flower	23.98	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.10	DACT 190 0000A PL	Out of Season
FLWR-FRUIT	FLOWER SIZE	Average diameter (mm) of fully-opened flower	63.72	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.10	DACT 190 0000B PL	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	FLOWER PEDUNCLE LENGTH	Average length (mm) of flower peduncle	17.1	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.10	DACT 190 0000A PL	Out of Season
FLWR-FRUIT	FLOWER PEDUNCLE LENGTH	Average length (mm) of flower peduncle	32.8	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.10	DACT 190 0000B PL	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	FLOWER SCENT	FLOWER SCENT	Rose	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.10	DACT 190 0000A PL	Out of Season
FLWR-FRUIT	FLOWER SCENT	FLOWER SCENT	Rose	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.10	DACT 190 0000B PL	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	FLOWER SCENT INTENSITY	FLOWER SCENT INTENSITY	Strong	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.10	DACT 190 0000B PL	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	FLOWER SCENT INTENSITY	FLOWER SCENT INTENSITY	Weak	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.10	DACT 190 0000A PL	Out of Season
GROWTH	Internode length	Internode length (mm) taken from the 3rd node from the shoot tip	21.63	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.09	DACT 190 0000A PL	Out of Season
GROWTH	Internode length	Internode length (mm) taken from the 3rd node from the shoot tip	33.8	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.09	DACT 190 0000B PL	Not Available
GROWTH	Plant vigor	Vigor of the plants	Strong	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.09	DACT 190 0000A PL	Out of Season
GROWTH	Plant vigor	Vigor of the plants	Strong	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.09	DACT 190 0000B PL	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf shape	Shape of the leaf	Broad obovate	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.09	DACT 190 0000A PL	Out of Season
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf shape	Shape of the leaf	Broad obovate	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.09	DACT 190 0000B PL	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Coloration of leaf pubescence	Color of the leaf hair	White	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.09	DACT 190 0000A PL	Out of Season
MORPHOLOGY	Coloration of leaf pubescence	Color of the leaf hair	White	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.09	DACT 190 0000B PL	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf hair density	Density of the hair on the leaf	Sparse	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.09	DACT 190 0000A PL	Out of Season
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf hair density	Density of the hair on the leaf	Sparse	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.09	DACT 190 0000B PL	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Location of pubescence on leaf	Location of the hair on the leaf	Both	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.09	DACT 190 0000A PL	Out of Season
MORPHOLOGY	Location of pubescence on leaf	Location of the hair on the leaf	Both	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.09	DACT 190 0000B PL	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Shoot density of hair	Density of hair on the emerging shoot	Even	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.10	DACT 190 0000B PL	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Shoot density of hair	Density of hair on the emerging shoot	Medium	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.09	DACT 190 0000B PL	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Shoot density of hair	Density of hair on the emerging shoot	Sparse	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.09	DACT 190 0000A PL	Out of Season
MORPHOLOGY	Coloration of shoot pubescence	Coloration of the hair on the emerging shoot	Pink	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.09	DACT 190 0000B PL	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Coloration of shoot pubescence	Coloration of the hair on the emerging shoot	White	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.09	DACT 190 0000A PL	Out of Season
MORPHOLOGY	Shoot diameter	Shoot diameter (mm) middle of emerging shoot	3.48	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.09	DACT 190 0000A PL	Out of Season
MORPHOLOGY	Shoot diameter	Shoot diameter (mm) middle of emerging shoot	4.1	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.09	DACT 190 0000B PL	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Shoot surface	Shoot surface texture of emerging shoot	Velutinous	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.09	DACT 190 0000A PL	Out of Season
MORPHOLOGY	Shoot surface	Shoot surface texture of emerging shoot	Velutinous	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.09	DACT 190 0000B PL	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Stem lenticel color	Color of the lenticels on the stem	Whitish	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.09	DACT 190 0000A PL	Out of Season
MORPHOLOGY	Stem lenticel color	Color of the lenticels on the stem	Whitish	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.09	DACT 190 0000B PL	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Stem lenticel number	Number of the lenticels on the stem	Medium	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.09	DACT 190 0000A PL	Out of Season
MORPHOLOGY	Stem lenticel number	Number of the lenticels on the stem	Medium	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.09	DACT 190 0000B PL	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Stem lenticel size	Size of the lenticels on the stem	Medium	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.09	DACT 190 0000A PL	Out of Season
MORPHOLOGY	Stem lenticel size	Size of the lenticels on the stem	Small	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.09	DACT 190 0000B PL	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	Commercial harvest date	Fruit ready for harvest (commercial ripeness)	10/29/2010	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.10	DACT 190 0000B PL	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	FIRST BLOOM DATE	Date on which 10% of flowers are open	4/7/2010	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.10	DACT 190 0000A PL	Out of Season
PHENOLOGY	MID BLOOM DATE	Date on which 50% of flowers are open	4/13/2010	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.10	DACT 190 0000A PL	Out of Season
PHENOLOGY	MID BLOOM DATE	Date on which 50% of flowers are open	5/14/2010	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.10	DACT 190 0000B PL	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	FULL BLOOM DATE	Date on which 90% of flowers are open	4/19/2010	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.10	DACT 190 0000A PL	Out of Season
PHENOLOGY	LEAF DATE	Date on which the first leaf is fully expanded	3/18/2010	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.10	DACT 190 0000A PL	Out of Season
PHENOLOGY	LEAF DATE	Date on which the first leaf is fully expanded	3/25/2010	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.10	DACT 190 0000B PL	Not Available
PHYSIOLOGY	Gender	Gender	Male	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.09	DACT 190 0000A PL	Out of Season
PHYSIOLOGY	Gender	Gender	Male	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.10	DACT 190 0000A PL	Out of Season
PRODUCTION	TOTAL NUMBER OF FRUIT	Total number of fruit on the vine at harvest.	53	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.10	DACT 190 0000B PL	Not Available
QUALITY	Crop manageability	Vining tendency of shoots	Medium	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.09	DACT 190 0000B PL	Not Available
QUALITY	Crop manageability	Vining tendency of shoots	Strong	KIWI.CHAR.WEO.09	DACT 190 0000A PL	Out of Season