Survey on Intra-specific Crossing and F1 Seedling Cultivation in Seven Combinations of Chinese Cherry

• Published in: Horticulture journal Vol. 91; no. 3; pp. 267 - 275
• Main Authors: Liu, Zhen-Shan, Wang, Xiao-Rong, Chen, Qing, Wang, Hao, Zhang, Yong, Tang, Hao-Ru, Zhang, Yun-Ting, Luo, Ya, Zhang, Jing, Lin, Yuan-Xiu, Yang, Shao-Feng, Li, Meng-Yao, Wang, Yan, He, Wen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo The Japanese Society for Horticultural Science 01.01.2022; Japan Science and Technology Agency
• Subjects: Breeding; Chinese cherry; Cross-breeding; Cultivation; Economic importance; Flow charts; Fruits; Genetic improvement; Genotypes; Germination; intra-specific crossing; metaxenia; parental genotypes; Pollen; Robustness; S-genotype; Seedlings; Seeds; Shelf life; Tetraploidy

The Chinese cherry (Prunus pseudocerasus/Cerasus pseudocerasus), which is native to China, is an economically important tetraploid fruiting cherry species. Its industry has been greatly limited due to some general disadvantages in the fruits such as small fruit size, high acid content, and short she...