Garden plum breeding in the South of Russia

Abstract

As a result of the breeding work at Krymsk Plant Breeding Station, that is FSFIS “Federal Research Center - All-Russian Institution of Plant Genetic Resources n.a. N. I. Vavilov” Branch, garden plum varieties have been developed, which are characterized by a high commodity, taste, canning and dried fruit qualities of fruits, which are combined with yield and resistance to adverse environmental conditions. These varieties include the early large-fruited variety Kubanskaya Rannyaya, high-quality varieties Kubanskaya Legenda, Golubaya Mechta, Bolshoy Priz, Ballada, Naslednitsa, winter-hardy, high-quality dried fruit varieties Beglyanka, Kubanskiy Karlik, Vengerka Novaya, et al. Valuable for use in breeding varieties with a high combining ability: Kabardinskaya Rannyaya, Stenley, SochinskayaYubileinaya, Vengerka Novaya were obtained. Interspecific tetraploid hybrids of garden plums and thorns were obtained, which are valuable for creating more advanced varieties of plums and other stone fruits.