Published in Scientific Papers. Series B, Horticulture, Vol. LXVIV, Issue 1
Written by Silvia NICOLAE, Corina GAVĂȚ, Mihai CHIVU, Adelina Ioana STAN
The sour cherry (Prunus cerasus) is a tetraploid tree species native to Central Asia, which is found in semi-spontaneous form in all inhabited areas with favorable conditions for cultivation, especially in hilly areas. The fruits are consumed both fresh, having therapeutic properties, but also in processed form. The current climate trend of increasing average temperatures and decreasing amounts of precipitation makes the existing varieties suffer to a greater or lesser extent. In order to cope with climate changes, breeding programs also aim to identify valuable genotypes adapted to thermohydric stress conditions. \The research in this paper aims at the in situ identification of some local sour cherry varieties in areas with high temperatures and low rainfall. Such an area is the one in southern Romania, more precisely in the southeast of Dolj county, located at an altitude slightly higher than 100m. Of the 24 selected local varieties, 45.83% have a caliber over 21 mm, the largest being the 24.9 mm at SLV-24-Dj-1.2 selection. In terms of taste and aroma, SLV-24-Dj-2.5 stood out and received the highest score at the tasting.
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