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Self-incompatibility in Spanish clones of apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) tree

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The present study is about some aspects of the reproduction physiology of twenty apricot clones ( Prunus armeniaca L.) grown in Abarán (Murcia, Spain). Self incompatibility of these clones was determined not only in field conditions in terms of the fruit set by means of self fertilization and free pollination, but also in laboratory conditions, by means of fluorescence microscopy of pollen germination on the stigma and of the growth of the pollen tube towards the egg. The only clone with signs of self incompatibility was ‘Moniquí Azaraque’. The clone with the lowest fertilization time was ‘Chicanos Archena’.

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    M. Virtudes Andrés & José M. Durán

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Virtudes Andrés, M., Durán, J.M. Self-incompatibility in Spanish clones of apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) tree. Euphytica 101, 349–355 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018325517208

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