Summary
In India, temperate fruit cultivation is spread over 350,000 hectares with an annual production of nearly 1.6 million MT. Apple occupies 50% of this area. It is followed by pears, Japanese plums, peaches, apricots, seedling walnuts and almonds. The varietal improvement of these crops in the past has been solely through introduction and selection of better performing cultivars in a particular climatic region. These have a good adaptation and are grown on a commercial scale. As far as improvement through hybridization is concerned, sporadic attempts have been made. Some improved cultivars of apple, apricot, peach and almond have been evolved through hybridization but these have not gained much popularity. The possible reasons of limited success in fruit breeding are considered to be the lack of continuity and specific gene sources and mis-directed strategy. In this paper, an attempt has been made to delineate crop specific objectives, gene sources and breeding strategy to evolve improved fruit and nut cultivars.
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Sharma, R.L., Kumar, K. (1994). Temperate fruit crop improvement in India. In: Schmidt, H., Kellerhals, M. (eds) Progress in Temperate Fruit Breeding. Developments in Plant Breeding, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0467-8_30
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