FRUIT FUSION: HOW WILL THE MARKET REACT TO CHINESE SCIENTISTS’ LYCHEE-LONGAN CREATION?

Chinese scientists who crossed a lychee with a longan are preparing to test its market release after the first substantial harvest of the high-yield, cold-resistant fruit is expected to ripen next month. The new variety, named “Cuimi”, was bred using the Shixia longan – a popular cultivar in Guangdong province – as its maternal parent and a lychee as its paternal parent, according to the research team.

News - South China Morning Post reports that chinese scientists who crossed a lychee with a longan are preparing to test its market release after the first substantial harvest of the high-yield, cold-resistant fruit is expected to ripen next month.

The report adds: The new variety, named “Cuimi”, was bred using the Shixia longan – a popular cultivar in Guangdong province – as its maternal parent and a lychee as its paternal parent, according to the research team.

The hybrid fruit breaks long-standing reproductive barriers between plant genera.

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