ABSTRACT
Abstract ................................................................................................. 270 14.1 Introduction ................................................................................ 270 14.2 Rare Fruit Crops ......................................................................... 271 14.3 Breeding Establishments ............................................................ 273 14.4 Registered Rare Pome Fruits...................................................... 277 14.5 Registered Rare Stone Fruit Crops............................................. 281 14.6 Registered Rare Berry Crops ..................................................... 286 14.7 Registered Rare Nut Crops ........................................................ 294 14.8 Registered Rootstocks ................................................................ 296 14.9 Bred Fruit Plants Whose Cultivars Have Not Been
Registered Yet ............................................................................ 299 14.10 Conclusion ................................................................................. 303 Keywords .............................................................................................. 304 References ............................................................................................. 304
VOLODYMYR MEZHENSKYJ
National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, 15, Heroiv Oborony St., Kyiv, 03041, Ukraine
*Corresponding author. E-mail: mezh1956@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
The chapter gives a detailed analysis of rare fruit crop breeding in Ukraine. The natural conditions of this country allow cultivating a wide range of fruit plants. In the second half of the 20th century, zoning and registration of rare fruit crops cultivars began. Today, there are 158 registered cultivars of rare fruit crops of Ukrainian breeding, namely Crimean myrobalan and myrobalan-Japanese plum hybrids (20), cornelian cherry (16), hardy kiwi (15), quince (13), persimmon (13), hazelnut (12), mulberry (11), almond (10), blue honeysuckle (8), Japanese quince (8), nectarine (4), jujube (4), pawpaw (4), fig (4), sea buckthorn (3), hawthorn (3), cranberry bush (3), pomegranate (3), blackberry (2), feijoa (2), Chinese magnolia vine (1), olive (1), and rootstocks (20). Twelve institutions and individuals have carried out this fruitful breeding. Breeding work with these and other fruit plants has been going on, ensuring further improvement and expansion of assortment rare fruit crops.
