Comparison of Pollen Production and Quality Characteristics of Cultivated and Wild Almond Species

• Published in: Chilean journal of agricultural research 2011-12, Vol.71 (4), p.536-541
• Main Authors: Bayazit, Safder, Califkan, Oguzhan, Imrak, Burhanettin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Agricultural production; AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY; AGRONOMY; Cold; Cultivars; Experiments; Genotype & phenotype; Germplasm; Hybridization; Nuts; Pollen; Ratios; Soil fertility; Studies; Sucrose
• ISSN: 0718-5839; 0718-5820; 0718-5839
• DOI: 10.4067/S0718-58392011000400006

Pollen of selected almond species trees from Southeast Anatolia (Gaziantep and Sanliurfa province); A. orientalis ('Ori 1', 'Ori 4', 'Ori 5', 'Ori 8', 'Ori 13', 'Ori 14', 'Ori B4'), A. turcomanica (Tur 6', 'Tur 10', 'Tur 11', 'Tur 15', 'Tur 5', 'Tur 7', 'Tur 8') and P. dulcis ('Nonpareil', 'Ferraduel', 'Tuono') were used in the experiment. The genotypes (A. orientalis and A. turcomanica) used in the experiment were collected according to Bayazit (2007). Genotypes of 'Ori 1', 'Ori 4', 'Ori 5', 'Ori 8', 'Ori 13', 'Ori 14' and 'Tur 6', 'Tur 10', 'Tur 11', 'Tur 15' were collected from Nizip district of Gaziantep, at the same way genotypes of 'Ori B4' and 'Tur 5', 'Tur 7', 'Tur 8' were collected from Birecik district of Sanliurfa. Collected genotypes were the natural populations grown of the region and they were not given any cultural applications. The age of orientalis genotypes were 10-29 yr and the ages of turcomanica genotypes were 10-17 yr. [Almond] cultivars with 10 yr age of cultivated on seed rootstock were obtained from Pozanti Agricultural Experimental Station, Çukurova University, were also used in the experiment (Table 1).