PHENOTYPING OF STRAWBERRY BREEDED FROM TURKEY BREEDING PROGRAM

Abstract

The standardized phenotyping protocol for strawberries was agreed upon by the breeding team in Oregon, Michigan, New Hampshire, California and Florida and includes four trait categories: phenolgy and other flower-related traits, plant characteristics, fruit characteristics, and fruit chemistry traits. This study aims to introduce this category to the breeding programs in our country to characterize 15 cultivars of strawberries that are breeded in our country. In this context, 25 properties are evaluated. As a result, our cultivars is globose conic in respect of external fruit properties, apperance is above average, achene colour is dark, achene position is even, external colour is red, gloss is average, skin strength is soft, calyx size is above equal, calyx position is flat. In terms of fruit internal properties, firmness is soft, internal colour is light red, depth of internal color is at 51.8% level and average level, aroma is at high level.