ISHS Acta Horticulturae 585: VIII International Rubus and Ribes Symposium
RECENT PROGRESS IN BREEDING RED RASPBERRIES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA |
| Authors: | C. Kempler, H. Daubeny, B. Harding |
| Keywords: | Rubus spp., fruit breeding, quality |
| Abstract:
The Pacific Agri-Food Research Center (PARC) of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) at Agassiz, British Columbia (BC) has nine elite selections being considered for cultivar status. Five of these are derived from two hitherto unexploited seedling populations of the North American red raspberry, Rubus strigosus Michx. Each selection has superior fruit qualities with some being better suited to fresh market and others to machine harvesting. Each is relatively high yielding and produces firm fruit. Large fruit size enhances harvest efficiency. The naming of one of these will be announced at the Symposium. This selection has excellent fruit attributes and may have field resistance to raspberry bushy dwarf virus (RBDV). There is also the possibility that it has some resistance to root rot caused by Phytophthora fragariae var. rubi Wilcox and Duncan. | |
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