<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Sharka (PPV) is one of the most dangerous viruses in fruit growing. More and more fruit growers are unsatisfied with the resistances or tolerance of plum varieties cultivated today. With the utilisation of the hypersensitive reaction to PPV in breeding we developed ‘Jojo’ as the first absolutely resistant cultivar in the field. Most interesting now is the development of new sharka-resistant cultivars, especially in three points: extension of ripening range, better fruit size, and high fruit quality. In a new breeding programme, we obtained many hypersensitive clones. After testing in different regions, some interesting resistant clones and cultivars were selected and are presented here.</p></abstract>

Sharka (PPV) is one of the most dangerous viruses in fruit growing. More and more fruit growers are unsatisfied with the resistances or tolerance of plum varieties cultivated today. With the utilisation of the hypersensitive reaction to PPV in breeding we developed ‘Jojo’ as the first absolutely resistant cultivar in the field. Most interesting now is the development of new sharka-resistant cultivars, especially in three points: extension of ripening range, better fruit size, and high fruit quality. In a new breeding programme, we obtained many hypersensitive clones. After testing in different regions, some interesting resistant clones and cultivars were selected and are presented here.

Sharka-Resistant Plum Hybrids and Cultivars from the Plum Breeding Programme at Hohenheim

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

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Sharka (PPV) is one of the most dangerous viruses in fruit growing. More and more fruit growers are unsatisfied with the resistances or tolerance of plum...

Sharka-Resistant Plum Hybrids and Cultivars from the Plum Breeding Programme at Hohenheim

Publicado en línea: 03 jun 2019

Páginas: 226 - 231

Recibido: 18 feb 2019

Aceptado: 25 mar 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/prolas-2019-0036

Palabras clave
Sharka, PPV, hypersensitivity

© 2019 Walter Hartmann, published by Sciendo

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

Sharka-Resistant Plum Hybrids and Cultivars from the Plum Breeding Programme at Hohenheim

Publicado en línea: 03 jun 2019

Páginas: 226 - 231

Recibido: 18 feb 2019

Aceptado: 25 mar 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/prolas-2019-0036

Palabras claveSharka, PPV, hypersensitivity

© 2019 Walter Hartmann, published by Sciendo

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

Palabras clave
Sharka, PPV, hypersensitivity