ISHS Acta Horticulturae 505: VII International Symposium on Rubus and Ribes
INTRODUCED GERMPLASM IN THE NEW ZEALAND RASPBERRY INDUSTRY AND BREEDING PROGRAMME |
| Authors: | Harvey K. Hall, Hugh A. Daubeny |
| Keywords: | Fruit Breeding, Rubus idaeus |
| Abstract:
In New Zealand, raspberry growing was established with the arrival of the first European settlers. By the 1880s a thriving industry was exporting fruit to Australia and the United Kingdom. In 1972 a raspberry breeding programme was initiated to support the raspberry growing industry. It was expanded in the 1980s and further expanded in the 1990s to assist re-development of the New Zealand industry, which was by that time suffering under strong competition from Chile and Eastern Europe. A wide range of plant material has been imported in the form of seeds and clonal material from breeding programmes in the United Kingdom and North America. This germplasm has been put to use to develop an exciting range of new raspberry selections and cultivars which are adapted to the low chill warm maritime climate of New Zealand. These selections incorporate high fruit quality for both fresh and processing use, genetic spinelessness, resistance to raspberry bushy dwarf virus (RBDV), adaptation for machine harvest, long shelf life, fruit firmness, resistance to grey mould (Botrytis cinerea Pers. :Fr) and bud moth (Heterocrossa rubophaga Dugdale) and adaptation to low chill conditions. | |
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