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APPLE BREEDING PROGRESS AT THE TRENTO SECTION OF ISF – TN: PRODUCING HIGH QUALITY FRUIT WITH RESISTANCE TO APPLE SCAB AND POWDERY MILDEW
Article number
595_2
Pages
23 – 27
Language
English
Abstract
The breeding program of the Trento Section of the Experimental Institute of Fruitculture focuses on the production of apples resistant to apple scab incited by Venturia inaequalis (Cke.) and having a wide range of quality traits.
The research started in 1974 and the effort that continues today is based on a backcross program in order to combine different sources of scab resistance with other commercially-accepted traits.
Seven varieties have been released and all of them carry the Vf gene from M. floribunda 821 and a wide range of advanced selections containing resistance to other diseases have been identified.
The research started in 1974 and the effort that continues today is based on a backcross program in order to combine different sources of scab resistance with other commercially-accepted traits.
Seven varieties have been released and all of them carry the Vf gene from M. floribunda 821 and a wide range of advanced selections containing resistance to other diseases have been identified.
Authors
A. Bergamini, L. Giongo, M. Fontanari
Keywords
scab resistance, powdery mildew, apple proliferation
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