Published in Scientific Papers. Series B, Horticulture, Vol. LXV, Issue 1
Written by Ana-Maria STOENESCU, Sina Niculina COSMULESCU
The aim of this paper was to identify valuable rosehip genotypes in the southern part of Oltenia region, Romania. Selected genotypes were studied in terms of fruit morphological characteristics such as fruit height, fruit diameter, fruit weight, fruit shape index and fruit volume. The height of the fruits varied between 11.35-32.14 mm, the diameter between 9.12-18.04 mm, the weight between 0.63-4.81 g, the fruit shape index between 0.92-2.25, the volume of 100 fruits between 130.00 cm3 and 361.54 m3. The coefficient of variation in terms of fruit height varied between 6.41% and 18.99%, fruit diameter between 4.93% and 8.94%, fruit weight between 11.46% and 28.04%, fruit shape index between 5.51-14.37% and fruit volume was 31.49%. Knowledge of fruit morphological characteristics is important for the selection of biotypes that can be furthered used successfully in breeding programs but also in food and medicine industry.
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