Promising cornelian cherries (cornus mas L.) from the Northeastern Anatolia region of Turkey)

From: Journal of the American Pomological Society | Date: January 1, 2003| Author: Bolat, Ibrahim; Guleryuz, Muharrem; Pirlak, Lufti | Copyright information

Abstract

The objective of this research was to select valuable genetic resources of cornelian cherry (Cornus mas L.) grown in Northeastern Anatolia, Turkey from 1990 to 1996 for fruit size and yield. Approximately 1000 seedling trees were examined and 224 phenotypes having a fruit weight of 2.9 g and yield per cm2 of trunk cross section area over 0.15 kg/cm were selected in the first years (1990-1992). Thirty-one of these, found to be superior, were selected and evaluated for fruit ch...

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