The effect of weather conditions in southern Russia on the frost resistance of apricot generative buds

Vadim Korzin, Valentina Gorina and Nikita Saplev
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Valentina Gorina: The Department of Fruit Crops, Nikita Botanical Garden, Yalta, Russian Federation
Nikita Saplev: The Department of Fruit Crops, Nikita Botanical Garden, Yalta, Russian Federation

Horticultural Science, 2021, vol. 48, issue 4, 158-165

Abstract: One of the reasons limiting the apricot expansion in the world is the short period of winter dormancy in the plants and the rapid development of generative buds in the spring. Apricot flower buds often die even after small spring return frosts that limit the commercial culture of this fruit crop. The aim of this investigation was to study collection-breeding plantations and select frost-resistant genotypes that have promise for commercial and breeding use. To solve this problem, the frost resistance of generative buds in 50 apricot cultivars and the breeding forms of various origins were studied by freezing treatments of the branches in a climatic chamber. The Czech cultivar 'Leala' was selected due to its best frost resistance. In late winter 2020-2021, six cultivars and breeding forms, which kept 41.8 to 65.9% of the generative buds alive, were identified. These genotypes are characterised by a slow development that prevents any negative freezing temperature effects. Thus, the results of the study confirmed the dependence of the adaptation mechanisms in apricot plants on the rates of their morphogenesis and abiotic factor pressures.

Keywords: apricot; frost resistance; hardening; cultivars; breeding form (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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