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<p>The paper considers the possibilities of expanding the assortment of plum cultivars in world production by hybridising large-fruited myrobalan plum (<italic>Prunus cerasifera</italic> Ehrh.) cultivars with those of Japanese plum (<italic>Prunus salicina</italic> Lindl.) and other diploid stone fruit species. Because of many years of breeding work in Russia, cultivars of a new hybridogenous species <italic>Prunus × rossica</italic> Erem. (Russian plum) have been created, which can ensure a stable supply of fresh fruit from late June to September and complement the assortment of common plum cultivars. A description is given for the best adaptive, high-yielding cultivars with good taste and high canning qualities — ‘Kubanskaya Kometa’, ‘Globus’, ‘Gek’, ‘Iyulskaya Roza’, ‘Dynnaya’, ‘Kolonnovidnaya’, and ‘Podarok Sad-Gigantu’. The efficiency of their cultivation using intensive technologies and own-rooted plants, as well as clonal rootstocks bred at the Krymsk Station, has been shown. It is recommended to carry out intensive cultivation of Russian plum using medium vigorous rootstocks like Kuban 86, Evrika 99, Zarevo, Fortuna and dwarf rootstocks VVA 1, Best, Upryamets and VSV 1.</p>
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The paper considers the possibilities of expanding the assortment of plum cultivars in world production by hybridising large-fruited myrobalan plum (Prunus cerasifera Ehrh.) cultivars with those of Japanese plum (Prunus salicina Lindl.) and other diploid stone fruit species. Because of many years of breeding work in Russia, cultivars of a new hybridogenous species Prunus × rossica Erem. (Russian plum) have been created, which can ensure a stable supply of fresh fruit from late June to September and complement the assortment of common plum cultivars. A description is given for the best adaptive, high-yielding cultivars with good taste and high canning qualities — ‘Kubanskaya Kometa’, ‘Globus’, ‘Gek’, ‘Iyulskaya Roza’, ‘Dynnaya’, ‘Kolonnovidnaya’, and ‘Podarok Sad-Gigantu’. The efficiency of their cultivation using intensive technologies and own-rooted plants, as well as clonal rootstocks bred at the Krymsk Station, has been shown. It is recommended to carry out intensive cultivation of Russian plum using medium vigorous rootstocks like Kuban 86, Evrika 99, Zarevo, Fortuna and dwarf rootstocks VVA 1, Best, Upryamets and VSV 1.

Developing New Cultivars of <italic>Prunus</italic> × <italic>Rossica</italic> Erem. And Clonal Rootstocks at the Krymsk Experiment Breeding Station

Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. Section B. Natural, Exact, and Applied Sciences.

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Developing New Cultivars of  ×  Erem. And Clonal Rootstocks at the Krymsk Experiment Breeding Station

The paper considers the possibilities of expanding the assortment of plum cultivars in world production by hybridising large-fruited myrobalan plum (Prunus...

Developing New Cultivars of Prunus × Rossica Erem. And Clonal Rootstocks at the Krymsk Experiment Breeding Station

Published Online: Oct 14, 2022

Page range: 432 - 437

Received: Sep 02, 2021

Accepted: Aug 24, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/prolas-2022-0067

Keywords
technology, fruit quality, productivity, winter hardiness

© 2022 Gennady V. Eremin et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Developing New Cultivars of Prunus × Rossica Erem. And Clonal Rootstocks at the Krymsk Experiment Breeding Station

Published Online: Oct 14, 2022

Page range: 432 - 437

Received: Sep 02, 2021

Accepted: Aug 24, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/prolas-2022-0067

Keywordstechnology, fruit quality, productivity, winter hardiness

© 2022 Gennady V. Eremin et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
technology, fruit quality, productivity, winter hardiness