Articles
PROGRESS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF RASPBERRY CULTIVARS SUITED TO MACHINE HARVEST AND PROCESS MARKETS IN THE PACIFIC NORTH WEST
Article number
946_32
Pages
205 – 210
Language
English
Abstract
The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited and Northwest Plant Company established a raspberry breeding programme in Lynden, Washington, USA in 1999. The programmes aim is to breed and select superior machine harvest cultivars adapted to the Pacific North West.
Main breeding objectives include high machine harvested yield, improved fruit firmness, good fruit flavour, dark fruit colour, high fruit soluble solids and disease resistance. Wakefield raspberry is a recent release from the programme.
We present comparative data on the performance of Wakefield which we have observed to have significant advantages in terms of fruit yield, fruit quality and disease resistance over Meeker raspberry which is currently the main cultivar grown in the Pacific North West. Wakefield pedigree is complex and includes genetic contribution from Rubus idaeus, R. strigosus, and R. pileatus.
Main breeding objectives include high machine harvested yield, improved fruit firmness, good fruit flavour, dark fruit colour, high fruit soluble solids and disease resistance. Wakefield raspberry is a recent release from the programme.
We present comparative data on the performance of Wakefield which we have observed to have significant advantages in terms of fruit yield, fruit quality and disease resistance over Meeker raspberry which is currently the main cultivar grown in the Pacific North West. Wakefield pedigree is complex and includes genetic contribution from Rubus idaeus, R. strigosus, and R. pileatus.
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Authors
M.J. Stephens , J. Enfield
Keywords
Rubus idaeus, breeding, ‘Wakefield’
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