Apple cultivars of baltic breeding in the herbarium collection of VIR
The most important purpose of the VIR Herbarium collection (WIR) is to document the cultivated flora and its dynamics. In particular, the herbarium should reflect the species and varietal composition of the live collections of the institute at different periods of time. The collection of apple (Malu...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources
2019-02-01
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| Series: | Труды по прикладной ботанике, генетике и селекции |
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| Online Access: | https://elpub.vir.nw.ru/jour/article/view/311 |
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| Summary: | The most important purpose of the VIR Herbarium collection (WIR) is to document the cultivated flora and its dynamics. In particular, the herbarium should reflect the species and varietal composition of the live collections of the institute at different periods of time. The collection of apple (Malus domestica Borkh.) cultivars of Baltic breeding in the VIR Herbarium has been analyzed, and the cultivars from the collection maintained at the Science and Production Base "Pushkin and Pavlovsk laboratories of VIR" (SPB VIR), previously missing in the herbarium collection, herbarized. The collection contains 88 specimens of 56 apple cultivars of Baltic breeding, of which 38 specimens of 38 varieties were added to the collection in 2017. |
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| ISSN: | 2227-8834 2619-0982 |