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WHY OLD KINDS OF APPLES, PEARS AND PLUMS?
Article number
142_5
Pages
45 – 62
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Abstract
Starting in 1975, a collection of 1450 old apple, pear and plum cultivars or cultivar sub-types was brought together at the Plant Pathology Station to be screened for possible resistance to diseases.
The material consists predominantly of cultivars originating in Belgium, either as amateur-bred cultivars or local landraces.
The initial part of the material was obtained from old collections in horticultural schools and other establishments.
From 1979 on, old cultivars were recovered from gardens and traditional standard-tree orchards with the help of the public, and this phase is still active.
Screening of the material is performed under natural infection conditions in an unsprayed low-stemmed orchard.
The interest of old cultivars both for breeders and for amateur growers is discussed and the future of fruit-tree genetic conservation is commented on.
The material consists predominantly of cultivars originating in Belgium, either as amateur-bred cultivars or local landraces.
The initial part of the material was obtained from old collections in horticultural schools and other establishments.
From 1979 on, old cultivars were recovered from gardens and traditional standard-tree orchards with the help of the public, and this phase is still active.
Screening of the material is performed under natural infection conditions in an unsprayed low-stemmed orchard.
The interest of old cultivars both for breeders and for amateur growers is discussed and the future of fruit-tree genetic conservation is commented on.
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C. Populer
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