Canan CAN, Kamil SARPKAYA, Ertuğrul İLİKÇİOĞLU, Sultan Bay TÜRKOĞLU, Mehmet BAŞ, Nergiz ÇOBAN, Ayşe FİDANCI, Halit Seyfettin ATLI

Nematode-resistant, clonal almond rootstock breeding by crossing in Turkey

Nematode-resistant clonal rootstock use is limited in Turkey. Throughout a 3-year-study (2012–2014), targeted rootstockcandidates were obtained through hybridization between almond and plum cultivars. Some characteristics, such as strong growthability, compatibility with other almond cultivars, nematode resistance, and rooting of the cuttings were common among the hybridtypes. In the hybridization studies, one almond cultivar (Ferragnes) and 2 plum (Myrobalan and Pissardi nigra, both belonging toPrunus cerasifera) were used as female parents, and 2 plum (Myrobalan and Pissardi nigra) and 2 almond cultivars [Ferragnes and AB3(Amygdalus orientalis Mill. Type)] were used as male parents. In total, 6 combined hybridizations were made: Myrobalan × Ferragnes,AB3 × Myrobalan, Pissardi nigra × Ferragnes, AB3 × Pissardi nigra, Ferragnes × Myrobalan, and Ferragnes × Pissardi nigra. Some hybridcharacteristics, such as budding affinity, nematode-resistance, and rooting of the cuttings were considered and the results were evaluatedaccording to the weight-rank method. After consideration of the selected characteristics, the highest scored hybrids, FS2, FS19, FS22,FS23, and FC4, were evaluated as nematode-resistant almond rootstock clone candidates.

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