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UC pistachio cultivars show improved nut quality and are ready for harvest earlier than ‘Kerman’
- Source :
- California Agriculture, Vol 74, Iss 02, Pp 86-93 (2020), California Agriculture, vol 74, iss 2
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR), 2020.
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Abstract
- California pistachio growers have traditionally grown only one female cultivar (‘Kerman’) and one male pollenizer (‘Peters’). Starting in 2005, the UC breeding program released several improved cultivars, which are being planted on increasing acreage — and tested now under commercial conditions at multiple sites over multiple years. We conducted six experimental trials in the San Joaquin Valley to evaluate the performance of the UC cultivars ‘Gumdrop’, ‘Golden Hills’ and ‘Lost Hills’ and their associated UC male pollenizers ‘Famoso’, ‘Randy’ and ‘Tejon’ against the performance of the traditional pair, ‘Kerman’ and ‘Peters’. The new cultivars demonstrated a range of earlier bloom and harvest dates than ‘Kerman’ and some improved nut quality characteristics, such as a higher percentage of split, in-shell nuts. Results indicate that by growing the new female cultivars and synchronous pollenizers, producers can avoid the peak harvest period for ‘Kerman’, when equipment and processing facilities are limited, and maintain or improve their yield and nut quality.
- Subjects :
- plant science and plant products
Nut
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Breeding program
Biology
010502 geochemistry & geophysics
01 natural sciences
lcsh:Agriculture
Pollenizer
Yield (wine)
breeding and genetic improvement
Plant Science and Plant Products
plant breeding
Cultivar
Plant breeding
lcsh:Agriculture (General)
Quality characteristics
Breeding and Genetic Improvement
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
horticulture
lcsh:S
General Engineering
lcsh:S1-972
Horticulture
breeding
San Joaquin
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00080845
- Volume :
- 74
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- California Agriculture
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....65199b6c0e7d93c4fbadaacbc8d50787