The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of chrysanthemum plant, botanically known as Chrysanthemum x morifolium Ramat, commercially known as a garden mum, and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar denomination ‘Zanmumadore Yellow’. ‘Zanmumadore Yellow’ is a product of a breeding and selection program which had the objective of finding flower color mutants from existing parent plants. The new plant comprises a whole plant mutant of the parent chrysanthemum named ‘Zanmumadore’ (unpatented). Plants from the new cultivar ‘Zanmumadore Yellow’ differ from plants of the parent in the color of the ray-florets. The ray-florets of the parent are pink, while those of the new plant are yellow.
In order to obtain color mutants, unrooted cuttings of the parent plant were irradiated in April 2014 at Ziekenhuis, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, with gamma radiation at a dose of 15Gy. These treated cuttings were then planted in a controlled environment (greenhouse) in Rijsenhout, the Netherlands. In this population of planted cuttings, the new cultivar was discovered as a natural flower color mutant in October 2014 by Sjoukje Heimovaara. The first act of asexual reproduction of ‘Zanmumadore Yellow’ was accomplished when after planting of the ‘Zanmumadore Yellow’ as a motherplant in December 2014, vegetative cuttings from this ‘Zanmumadore Yellow’ were taken and propagated further in Rijsenhout, the Netherlands. In summer, about 6-8 days are needed to initiate roots in cuttings of the new cultivar, after another 5 days rooted plants are formed. The new cultivar has been found to retain its distinctive characteristics through successive asexual propagations.
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