New pear varieties of breeding of Lisavenko Research Institute of Horticulture of Siberia

Abstract

The aim of studies was to create varieties, combining high winter resistance, regular and high yield, good taste and long keeping of fruits, available for fresh consumption as well as for processing. The studies were conducted in conditions of the forest-steppe of the Altai Ob area. All fi eld observations were conducted according to the common methodologies. 14 pear varieties have been created in the Research Institute of Horticulture of Siberia, 7 of them were included into the State register of breeding achievements, admitted for use, including summer varieties, such as Lel, Sibiryachka, late-ripening Kuyumskaya, early-autumn Karatayevskaya, Kupava, Svarog, late-autumn Perun. The main result of studies on breeding of pear in the Altai region are expounded in the paper. The main directions of pear breeding are defi ned: winter-resistance, yield, high qualities of fruits keeping quality. Characteristic of 4 new pear varieties with high economical-valuable features was presented. The method of obtaining new varieties was the geographically and systematically remote hybridization. The varieties pass the State variety trials. The introduction of new varieties into production will signifi cantly improve the available assortment.