ADVANCES IN CHERRY BREEDING AT UASVM BUCHAREST

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Research on cherry assortment, the quality of the varieties and avoiding the market bottleneck with fresh cherries for a short period are few important objectives for sweet cherry improvement. In order to meet some of these objectives, starting with 2013, at the UASVM Bucharest, in the S-E part of Romania, hybridizations and hybrid selections were carried out, ending with a series of promising hybrid selections. At the Didactic Research and Development Station for Viticulture and Fruit Growing Pietroasa-Istrița (DRDSVFG Pietroasa-Istrita), as well as in the Experimental Field of the Faculty of Horticulture (EFFH), starting from 1994 Romanian and foreign cherry varieties, provided on the basis of bilateral agreements for the exchange of genetic material, were preserved and evaluated.