Table 1.

List of Gentiana cultivars bred by Iwate Prefecture^a

Cultivar name	Species	Propagation	Flower color	Purpose	Registration year	Flowering period	Registration number
Iwate	G. triflora	F1 seeds	Blue	Cut flower	1977	Late Aug.–middle Sept.	NAb
Iwate Otome	G. triflora	F1 seeds	Blue	Cut flower	1984	Late Aug.–early Sept.	544
Ihatov	G. triflora	F1 seeds	Blue	Cut flower	1986	Late Aug.–middle Aug.	1100
Giovanni	G. triflora	F1 seeds	Blue	Cut flower	1986	Late Sept.–middle Sept.	1101
Albireo	G. triflora × G. scabra	F1 seeds	Blue	Cut flower	1990	Late Oct.–middle Oct.	2553
Maciry	G. triflora	F1 seeds	Blue	Cut flower	1992	Late July–early Aug.	3073
Homoi	G. triflora	F1 seeds	White	Potted flower	1992	Late Aug.–early Sept.	3074
Alta	G. scabra	Vegetative	Blue	Cut flower	1994	Late Oct.–early Nov.	4085
Polarno White	G. scabra × G. triflora	Vegetative	White	Cut flower	1996	Middle Sept.–late Sept.	4999
Aokorin	G. scabra	Vegetative	Blue	Potted flower	2000	Late Sept.–early Oct.	7713
Momokorin	G. scabra	Vegetative	Pink	Potted flower	2000	Late Sept.–early Oct.	7714
Polarno Blue	G. scabra × G. triflora	Vegetative	Blue	Cut flower	2000	Late Sept.–early Oct.	7715
Majel	G. triflora	F1 seeds	Blue	Cut flower	2008	Late July–early Aug.	16725
Qust	G. triflora	F1 seeds	Blue	Cut flower	2008	Middle July–late July	16726
Iwate-VEB6	G. triflora	F1 seeds	Blue	Cut flower	2010	Early July	18762
Iwate-DPB1	G. scabra × G. triflora	Vegetative	Blue	Potted flower	2011	Late Aug.–Sept.	20345
Momozukinchan	(G. triflora × G. scabra) × G. scabra	Vegetative	Pink	Potted flower	2011	Late Aug.–Sept.	20210
Iwate Yumeminori	G. triflora	F1 seeds	Blue	Cut flower	2014	Late Sept.–early Oct.	22946
Iwate Ymemitsuki	G. triflora	F1 seeds	Blue	Cut flower	2015	Early Oct.	24342
Iwate-LB3	G. triflora	F1 seeds	Blue	Cut flower	2017	Early Sept.	25770
Iwate-LB4	G. triflora	F1 seeds	Blue	Cut flower	2017	Early Sept.–middle Sept.	25771

^aPlant Variety database of PVP Office MAFF in Japan was searched in Oct, 2017.

^bNot available because this variety was registered under the old Seeds and Seedings Law.