THE BREEDING PROGRAMME OF PEACH ROOTSTOCKS AT THE FRUIT RESEARCH STATION IN CONSTANTA, ROMANIA

The Breeding Programme of Peach Rootstocks at the Fruit Research Station in Constanta had two phases:
Phase 1978-1983. This included some initial objectives which were immediately met: a) prospecting native and cultivated tree flora from the area, taking into account some rootstock selections well adapted to local specific conditions; and b) introduction of the valuable rootstocks, as well as the species used world-wide, for increasing the hereditary base.
This resulted in the establishment of a germplasm collection necessary for the creation of new rootstocks.
The study of genitor (parental) characters was made in this collection with a view of to finding the best genitors.
Phase 1983-2002: the objectives, methods, and genetic and material base for a complex programme of genetic breeding were established.
Following these studies, genitors for different characters were established and new rootstocks were created by self-pollination, intra- and inter-specific hybridisations.
Up until the present time, breeding work in Constanta has produced over 3500 hybrids of F1, C1, and F2 generations.

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https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.658.75