Evaluation of some apricot hybrids obtained in Romania

The results presented in this paper were obtained at the Research Station for Fruit Growing Constanta located in the south-eastern part of Romania. A good starting point for apricot breeding work was the germplasm found which had more than 600 genitors from all over the world; it was used to identify sources of genes for the breeding program. Standard breeding techniques as cross-pollination, self-pollination, and open pollination were used and more than 18,000 hybrids have been evaluated and 380 genotypes were tested. Out of these five apricot hybrids ‘V.T 96.08.81’, ‘V.T 85’, ‘V.T 39/45’, ‘V.T 91.01.48’, ‘V.T 94.02.88’ had the best results regarding: extending the harvest season, high quality of the fruit, good taste, resistance to transport, tolerance/resistance to the main diseases, etc.