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UDC 634.21:631.527
Avdeev Vladimir Ivanovich, Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Professor
Orenburg State Agrarian University
Starodubtseva Elena Petrovna, junior research associate of OOSSiV VSTISP RASHN, postgraduate
Orenburg State Agrarian University
TYPES OF LOCAL ORENBURG APRICOTS SORTS
Abstract
22 types of sorts are distinguished within the local assortment of apricots of the Orenburg region for the first time. They cover 283 best selection forms of apricot, occasionally there are sweet seeds forms. Judging by the fruit endocarp the basis of this assortment is formed by the plantlets of small-fruited forms of Ukrainian apricots, originated 50 years ago. They belong to the species Armeniaca vulgaris Lam. Besides, the local assortment of the Orenburg region includes small-fruited forms Armeniaca mandshurica (Maxim). Skvortz. and their botanical hybrids. According to the types of leaves a 50% share of Armeniaca mandshurica can be detected in the assortment, but in the process of cultigen evolution this apricot species is rapidly excluded from the local gene bank.Key words
Apricot, local assortment of the Orenburg region, type of sorts, cultigen evolution.
References
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