INTRODUCTION OF THE CHERRY GENE POOL IN THE NORTHERN ENVIRONMENTS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND THE RESULTS OF ITS STUDYING FOR 50 YEARS

• Main Authors: A. A. Yushev, S. Yu. Orlova
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources 2018-08-01
• Series: Труды по прикладной ботанике, генетике и селекции
• Subjects: генофонд; вишня; интродукция; экспедиционные обследования; местные сорта; зимостойкость; устойчивость к болезням; источники ценных признаков; gene pool; cherry; introduction; collecting missions; local varieties; winter hardiness; disease resistance; sources of valuable traits
• Online Access: https://elpub.vir.nw.ru/jour/article/view/251

The cherry collection maintained at Pavlovsk Experimental station of VIR has been studied since 1967 in the context of the dynamics of newly acquired accessions. The main goal was to identify sources of the highest winter hardiness, frost tolerance and resistance to harmful diseases, such as cherry leaf spot and brown rot of the fruit, as well as other biological and economic traits valuable for breeders, such as self-fertility or large fruit size. Many years of research have resulted in identifying genotypes with different levels of field resistance in the years with average and epiphytotic type of disease development, and with the best indices of biological and economic traits.