‘Buddybell’ is a promising crabapple variety developed as a pollinizer at the Apple Research Institute, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, Rural Development Administration, Korea, in 2019. This variety was selected from seedlings obtained by natural crossing of Malus baccata. It was collected from Mt. Jeombong, Inje-gun, and Gangwon-do. Line selections were conducted from 2009 to 2016, and characteristic evaluations were performed from 2009 to 2010. Tree vigor and tree form of ‘Buddybell’ were medium and upright, respectively. The first flowering time was early, around April 16, and the flowering period was as long as 14 days. The flowers of ‘Buddybell’ were pink in the balloon stage and white in full bloom. ‘Buddybell’ has a high fruit setting rate with major apple varieties(‘Fuji’, ‘Hongro’, and ‘Tsugaru’). The amount of pollen weight per 1,000 inflorescence of ‘Buddybell’ was 2.5 times higher than that of 'Maypole'; hence, it is highly useful as a pollinizer in apple orchard. ‘Buddybell’ was officially applied for variety protection on Korea Seed & Variety Service in 2020 (Application no.2020-237).

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    주요 특성
    병해충 및 재배상 주의점
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• 권영순(국립원예특작과학원 사과연구소) | Young Soon Kwon (Apple Research Institute, National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science, RDA, Gunwi 39000, Korea)
• 권순일(국립원예특작과학원 사과연구소) | Soon-Il Kwon (Apple Research Institute, National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science, RDA, Gunwi 39000, Korea)
• 박종택(국립원예특작과학원 사과연구소) | Jong Taek Park (Apple Research Institute, National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science, RDA, Gunwi 39000, Korea) Corresponding author
• 박무용(국립원예특작과학원 사과연구소) | Moo-Yong Park (Apple Research Institute, National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science, RDA, Gunwi 39000, Korea)
• 김정희(국립원예특작과학원 사과연구소) | Jeong- Hee Kim (Apple Research Institute, National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science, RDA, Gunwi 39000, Korea)