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Sweet cherry breeding: identifying genetically superior selections

Author: Per McCord, Cameron Peace, Bernardita Sallato

Published: 2018

Summary: The objectives of this project were 1) Maintain a robust horticultural management system that efficiently raises and maintains healthy plant materails at all breeding stages. 2) Incorporate new tools to deploy a robust performance evaluation system that effectively identifies superior selections in Phase 1 seedling trials and Phase 2 regional trials

Keywords:

  • Cherry
  • Cultivar improvement
  • Horticulture
  • Breeding
  • DNA-informed breeding methods
  • Cultivar
  • Sweet cherry breeding
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