Summary
A report is given on the third phase of a breeding project to produce apples with low chilling requirements and high fruit quality. The selection within two F2 populations and nine BC populations, with Delicious and Jonathan, is described as to both methods and results. A description is given of three new subtropical apple varieties,Maayan, Michal andShlomit.
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Es wird über die 3. Phase eines Züchtungsprojektes zur Erzeugung von Äpfeln mit geringem Kältebedürfnis und guter Fruchtqualität berichtet. Methoden und Ergebnisse der Selektion innerhalb von 2F 2-Populationen und 9 Rückkreuzungspopulationen mit ‘Delicious’ und ‘Jonathan’ werden beschrieben und 3 neue subtropische Apfelsorten, ‘Maayan’, ‘Michal’ und ‘Shlomit’, vorgestellt.
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Contribution from the Volcani Institute of Agricultural Research (N.U.I.A.)_Bet Dagan, Israel. 1967 Series; No. 1227 E.
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Oppenheimer, C., Slor, E. Breeding of apples for a subtropical climate. Theoret. Appl. Genetics 38, 97–102 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00934198
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