Recent Advances in Research and Production of Prunus Cultivars and Rootstocks
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Horticultural and Floricultural Crops".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 7341
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The genus Prunus is considered one of the most economically and agronomically important plant genera in temperate regions since it comprises species that are broadly cultivated for their edible fruits. This fact implies the existence of many breeding programs worldwide that are realizing new cultivars every year, but rootstocks are few and not produced a new one every year because of the larger process selection compared with the cultivar process selection. The correct identification of a rootstock × cultivar combination is one of many key requirements in activities associated with orchard production and management, making fruit arboriculture more economically and ecologically sustainable. Therefore, the continuous improvement of cultivars must be linked with rootstocks that confer the best characteristics through actions such as improving cultivar adaptability to different soil types and climatic conditions, improving fruit quality performance, adding tolerance/resistance to different abiotic and biotic stresses, improving rootstock × cultivar graft compatibility and inducing precocity and improving productivity with the adoption of different size-controlling rootstocks. Since there are many different factors that affect peach orchard profitability, it is necessary to conduct long-term studies to find the best rootstock × cultivar combination within the constraints imposed by local climate and economic conditions. However, because of the expense and time commitment required, there are not enough studies that offer direct long-term comparisons of different and new cultivars grafted on several rootstocks under similar or different climatic and soil conditions and abiotic/biotic stresses. The objective of this Special Issue is to provide a forum for new research and review articles on recent advances in Prunus species. Therefore, contributions to this SI may focus on (but need not be limited to) six major topics: (1) agronomy; (2) physiology; (3) fruit quality; (4) antioxidant properties; (5) postharvest; (6) molecular breeding.
Dr. Gemma Reig
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- antioxidants
- graft compatibility
- frost damage
- fruit images analysis
- fruit quality
- leaf minerals
- molecular breeding
- phenology
- physiology
- postharvest handling
- chilling injury
- production
- ripening
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