摘要 |
A new and distinct variety of South American Mesquite having the following unique combination of desirable features: 1. Thornless nature. 2. Cold hardy to 10 F. 3. Slower vertical growth, with a greater girth to height ratio, than other South American Mesquites that leads to a tree with less of a tendency to lean with the wind. 4. Yellow pods about 12 cm long containing about 30% sugar which are useful for animal feed. 5. Feathery leaves, commonly containing 4 pair of pinnae. 6. Good resistance to stem fungal pathogens Lasiodiplodia theobromae and Pestalotiopsis guepinii. 7. Complete resistance to cotton root rot, Phymatotrichum omnivorum.
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