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‘lucía myrtea’ and ‘victoria myrtea’: Two New Japanese Plum Cultivars with Low Chilling Requirements, Early Ripening, and High-quality Fruit for the Fresh Market

Alfonso Guevara, María Nicolás-Almansa, José Enrique Cos, Juan Alfonso Salazar, Domingo López, José Egea, Antonio Carrillo, Manuel Rubio, Federico García, and David Ruiz

‘lucía myrtea’ and ‘victoria myrtea’ are early-season cultivars of Japanese plum (Prunus salicina Lindl.) typology, both characterized by their low chilling requirements, so their adaptation is ideal for warm growing areas in the current context of climate change. High productivity, high-quality fruit and attractiveness are three characteristics common to both new cultivars. ‘lucía myrtea’ and ‘victoria myrtea’ stand out for their attractive dark purplish skin; their striking and intense red flesh; and their excellent taste qualities, with firm, juicy and aromatic fruit. Another remarkable characteristic is the floral self-compatibility in the case of ‘victoria myrtea’, uncommon in Japanese
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In HortScience Volume 56 (2021): Issue 11 (Nov 2021)

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Penta and Makako: Two Extra-late Flowering Self-compatible Almond Cultivars from CEBAS-CSIC

Federico Dicenta, Teresa Cremades, Pedro José Martínez-García, Pedro Martínez-Gómez, Encarnación Ortega, Manuel Rubio, Raquel Sánchez-Pérez, Jesús López-Alcolea, and José Egea

Background

The Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura–Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CEBAS-CSIC) Almond Breeding Program began in 1971, when the germplasm collection was established, with the aim of obtaining new self-compatible and late-flowering cultivars. The first crosses were carried out in 1985.

Late flowering decreases the risk of late frosts coinciding with flowering or fruit formation, thus avoiding crop losses. Self-compatibility enables a cultivar to produce fruit after pollination with its own pollen, which has enormous advantages for the grower compared with traditional self-incompatible cultivars (Dicenta et al., 2002). Self-compatibility allows the grower to cultivate
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In HortScience Volume 53 (2018): Issue 11 (Nov 2018)