Published in Scientific Papers. Series B, Horticulture, Vol. LXVIV, Issue 1
Written by Adina Gabriela MARIŞ, Sorin CIULCA
Rosehip grows wildly in many different regions of Romania, revealing high environmental adaptability. Due to cross-pollination, the natural populations of rosehip present a certain degree of heterogeneity. Given the multifaceted pharmacological properties, the rosehip fruits acquire an increasingly and wide application in food, cosmetics, and pharmaceutical industries. The 24-rosehip population was collected from different Arad County locations in the West of Romania. The rosehip fruits were randomly picked from different canopy sides for three shrubs of each population. The present study was conducted to assess the variation of fruit traits for 24 populations of rosehip under the effect of different climatic conditions over three years and to select populations with good stability of desirable fruits. The results indicated significant differences among rosehip populations' fruit traits across testing years due to genotype-by-year interaction. Suitable rosehip populations with specific and broad adaptability were identified for the studied traits.
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