‘Mirlo Blanco’, ‘Mirlo Anaranjado’, and ‘Mirlo Rojo’: Three New Very Early-season Apricots for the Fresh Market

‘Mirlo Blanco’, ‘Mirlo Anaranjado’, and ‘Mirlo Rojo’ are very early-season ripening apricot cultivars (Prunus armeniaca L.) with high productivity, excellent fruit quality, and an attractive red-blushed fruit for fresh mar kets. These cultivars are also characterized by their adaptation to climatic...

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Autores: Egea, José, Rubio, Manuel, Campoy, José Antonio, Dicenta, Federico, Ortega, Encarnación, Nortes Ruipérez, María Dolores, Martínez-Gómez, Pedro, Molina Gomez, Antonio, Molina Gomez Jr., Antonio, Ruiz, David
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/373222
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/373222
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Fruit breeding
Prunus armeniaca
Early ripening
Sharka resistance
Fruit quality
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Sumario:‘Mirlo Blanco’, ‘Mirlo Anaranjado’, and ‘Mirlo Rojo’ are very early-season ripening apricot cultivars (Prunus armeniaca L.) with high productivity, excellent fruit quality, and an attractive red-blushed fruit for fresh mar kets. These cultivars are also characterized by their adaptation to climatic conditions in the southeast of Spain and their resistance to sharka [Plum pox virus (PPV)], a serious limiting factor for apricot fruit production in affected areas (K¨olber, 2001). ‘Mirlo Blanco’, ‘Mirlo Anaranjado’, and ‘Mirlo Rojo’ are self-compatible. Their fruits have excellent organoleptic characteristics; they are freestone with a light orange skin ground color, extensive red blush, and light orange flesh color that make them very attractive