IMPROVING THE ASSORTMENT WITH NEW PEAR VARIETIES, OBTAINED AT RSFG VOINEȘTI

Abstract

The pear (Pyrus communis) breeding at the Research Station for Fruit Growing (RSFG) Voinesti, Romania began in 1950, but since 1960 it has been introduced as the main selection objective, resistance to the main diseases and pests along with other agrobiological and technological characteristics. The main source of resistance to disease and pests is some cultivated biotypes with genetic ancestry in Pyrus serotina. Over a period of more than half a century, a vast biological material was selected, which served to register, between 2004 and 2021, 7 pear varieties: 'Corina' (2004), 'Orizont' (2004), 'Tudor' (2007), 'Romcor' (2009), 'Cristal' (2009), 'Aroma' and 'Andrei' (2021), who cumulated in their genotype the most qualities established for selection. There are also many perspective selections in the test cultures field trial.