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Evaluation of some apricot hybrids obtained in Romania
Article number
1315_29
Pages
191 – 194
Language
English
Abstract
The results presented in this paper were obtained at the Research Station for Fruit Growing Constanta located in the south-eastern part of Romania.
A good starting point for apricot breeding work was the germplasm found which had more than 600 genitors from all over the world; it was used to identify sources of genes for the breeding program.
Standard breeding techniques as cross-pollination, self-pollination, and open pollination were used and more than 18,000 hybrids have been evaluated and 380 genotypes were tested.
Out of these five apricot hybrids V.T 96.08.81, V.T 85, V.T 39/45, V.T 91.01.48, V.T 94.02.88 had the best results regarding: extending the harvest season, high quality of the fruit, good taste, resistance to transport, tolerance/resistance to the main diseases, etc.
A good starting point for apricot breeding work was the germplasm found which had more than 600 genitors from all over the world; it was used to identify sources of genes for the breeding program.
Standard breeding techniques as cross-pollination, self-pollination, and open pollination were used and more than 18,000 hybrids have been evaluated and 380 genotypes were tested.
Out of these five apricot hybrids V.T 96.08.81, V.T 85, V.T 39/45, V.T 91.01.48, V.T 94.02.88 had the best results regarding: extending the harvest season, high quality of the fruit, good taste, resistance to transport, tolerance/resistance to the main diseases, etc.
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Authors
V.A. Oprita, C. Gavat
Keywords
Prunus armeniaca, cultivars, climatically conditions, frost resistance, yields
Groups involved
- Division Temperate Tree Fruits
- Division Vine and Berry Fruits
- Division Tropical and Subtropical Fruit and Nuts
- Division Ornamental Plants
- Division Plant-Environment Interactions in Field Systems
- Division Postharvest and Quality Assurance
- Division Horticulture for Development
- Division Precision Horticulture and Engineering
- Division Plant Genetic Resources, Breeding and Biotechnology
- Commission Cultivar Registration
- Division Horticulture for Human Health
- Division Greenhouse and Indoor Production Horticulture
- Division Landscape and Urban Horticulture
- Commission Banana
- Division Vegetables, Roots and Tubers
- Division Temperate Tree Nuts
- Commission Agroecology and Organic Farming Systems
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