VARIETIES AND ROOTSTOCKS IN THE CHERRY PRODUCING COUNTRIES

Numerous sweet and sour (tart) cherry cultivars and rootstocks were released over past decades around the world, but there is no reliable data, how many of them are currently in the production. To collect data on usage of rootstocks and cultivars in the global production, trends of the production and the orchard systems, a questionnaire was sent to Cooperation of Science and Technology (COST) partners and the representatives of the most important cherry producing countries. In the sweet cherry production there is a tendency of planting cultivars with large fruit size and medium ripening time. The countries having mild conditions prefer dwarfing or semi dwarfing rootstocks (GiSelA 6, GiSelA 5, GiSelA 3) under irrigated conditions, while the usage of semi-vigorous or standard vigor rootstocks (MaxMa 14, Weiroot 158, P. mahaleb and P. avium seedlings) is typical in countries located in southwest part of Europe with hot and dry conditions without irrigation. Rate of seedling usage is high especially in Eastern Europe. The cherry producing countries located outside of Europe prefer the vegetative propagated medium vigorous rootstocks. Interestingly, GiSelA series can be found all over the world; the usage of this series seemingly doesn’t depend on the climate conditions. The sour cherry is the fruit species especially predominant in Eastern Europe. German, Hungarian, Serbian, and Sowjet cultivars grafted on vigorous rootstocks dominate in the production. Beside the orchards for mechanical harvest the rate of intensive orchards for hand picking is increasing.
This research was fulfilled in the frame of COST FA1104 project and presented in the Chapter 1 of the book with title of “Cherries: Botany Production and Uses” will be published at CABI.

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Publication in scientific journal (peer review)

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Performance of new fruit varieties

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NARIC-WP2-A8

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dr. Geza Bujdoso, NARIC Fruitculture Research Institute,
Budapest
Park u. 2
1223
Hungary
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NARIC

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Hungary

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03-10-2017