Selected successful cultivars of the IEB apple breeding program

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61389030%3A_____%2F24%3A00604199" target="_blank" >RIV/61389030:_____/24:00604199 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2024.1412.32" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2024.1412.32</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2024.1412.32" target="_blank" >10.17660/ActaHortic.2024.1412.32</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Selected successful cultivars of the IEB apple breeding program

Original language description

The program of the Station of Apple Breeding for Disease Resistance of the Institute of Experimental Botany focuses on breeding apple cultivars robust to apple scab, powdery mildew and other important diseases. Several dozen cultivars have been released in the almost 70 years of existence of the Station. The pivotal cultivars of the program are the dessert cultivars ‘Topaz’ and its red-colored mutation ‘Red Topaz’, ‘UEB 32642’ (grown and sold under the trademark Opal®) and ‘Bonita’. ‘Topaz’ and ‘Red Topaz’ have been the most popular Rvi6 scab-resistant cultivars in Europe in the last two decades, with average annual sales of 400,000 trees in total. They have become standard cultivars especially for organic production. The fruit has an orange-red blush with weak stripes (‘Topaz’) or bright red over color (‘Red Topaz’), with a crisp, juicy flesh and is very tasty. Opal® and ‘Bonita’ are produced and marketed under the conditions of their clubs. Opal® is grown worldwide and is registered in dozens of countries. Since its launch on the market, almost 3.4 million trees have been planted. The fruit has a yellow skin, a crunchy, non-browning flesh and a honey-sweet flavour. ‘Bonita’ is a relatively new variety, but is already commercially successful, especially among European growers. About 1.5 million trees have been planted so far, with annual sales of about 200,000 trees. ‘Bonita’ yields magnificent juicy fruit with bright red skin and a slightly acidic taste and the tree has good growing characteristics. These cultivars are protected by plant variety rights in specific countries around the world.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

40106 - Agronomy, plant breeding and plant protection; (Agricultural biotechnology to be 4.4)

Project

<a href="/en/project/QK21010390" target="_blank" >QK21010390: Modern breeding using molecular-genetic methods to make selection and practical application of new apple tree varieties with high resistance to significant apple diseases faster and more effective</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Acta Horticulturae

ISSN

0567-7572

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

1

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1412

Country of publishing house

BE - BELGIUM

Number of pages

6

Pages from-to

211-216

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85213378497