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Differences and similarities between some European and Japanese plum cultivars

Authors:
  • Institutul de Cercetare – Dezvoltare pentru Pomicultură Piteşti
  • Research Institute for Fruit Growing Piteşti, Romania
  • Research Institute for Fruit Growing Pitesti - Romania
  • RIFG Pitesti
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Abstract
Prunus               
                  
    Prunus domestica  !Prunus
salicina  ! " #     
   Prunus domestica $$ 
        %        
  & ' # "  (
) * # $+
Prunus domestica   ,'%  ,-%  ,#%  ,#%
,%  ,%!     Prunus salicina   ,  %
,./0%,./.$%,%! 1223 '
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 1278127
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/;!!<.+!
:  5  /81!      $ Plum pox virus 
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  /  
'    +        /       
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   +
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, -./ 0&&12 3  0&(02 /.  0&(+4  
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-Prunus salicina!2206(%4-9/:$ ())%2
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domestica ' J      $  
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salicina ' -GH G/ H G/ "H G, H4 
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No. Name of cultivar Reported parentage
Prunus domestica – hexaploid cultivars
1 ‘Agent’ Selection within a population of seedlings resulted from open pollination
2 ‘Andreea’ Unknown
3 ‘Carpatin’ Tuleu gras x Early Rivers
4 ‘Roman’ Tuleu gras x Early Rivers
5 ‘Romanta’ Stanley x Valcean
6 ‘Tita’ Tuleu gras – irradiated stones
Prunus salicina – diploid cultivars
1 ‘Angeleno’ Open pollination of Queen Ann
2 ‘Black Beauty’ Open pollination of Red Beauty
3 ‘Black Star’ Chance seedling
4 ‘El Dorado’ Unknown
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-4$"-3,4-  0&(@4
3$ 0 3 $      '   Prunus
domestica!Prunus salicina!-0&(@J0&(D4
No. Cultivar Blooming time Ripening time
2013 2014 2015 2013 2014 2015
Prunus domestica L.
1 ‘Agent’ 22.04 08.04 16.04 15.08 18.08 19.08
2 ‘Andreea’ 20.04 07.04 15.04 20.08 22.08 23.08
3 ‘Carpatin’ 22.04 09.04 16.04 26.07 27.07 30.07
4 ‘Roman’ 21.04 07.04 16.04 05.08 10.08 10.08
5 ‘Romanta’ 20.04 05.04 15.04 15.08 20.08 21.08
6 ‘Tita’ 20.04 08.04 15.04 25.07 26.07 30.07
Amplitude 05.04 – 22.04 25.07 – 23.08
Prunus salicina Lindl.
1 ‘Angeleno’ 11.04 30.03 06.04 10.09 15.09 15.09
2 ‘Black Beauty’ 10.04 30.03 07.04 25.07 24.07 26.07
3 ‘Black Star 10.04 30.03 07.04 03.08 05.08 05.08
4 ‘El Dorado’ 10.04 30.03 07.04 01.08 03.08 01.08
Amplitude 30.03 – 11.04 24.07 – 15.09
Yielding capacity3B"'
$    "   -'" 0&(04 $ 
'"       "   
"    '"  
 H   - Q&&D4   E
;  $    '  ='    $    
$'  GH -0&) / K J    "4 3 '
        '       0%(0    3  
 ' GH G,H  G3H" 0&)2 (7D
 (7( / K '" 3 "   8  ' G
H  G, H  (D(  (@1 / K -3$ @4  0&(@ 
8''"  (7/ K
-GH  G, H4   5  "   
 Monilinia /" 
3$@3'  0&(@*0&(D-1"
+504
No. Cultivar Average fruit production
(kg/tree)
Average fruit production (t/ha)
Prunus domestica L.
1 ‘Agent’ 10.27 de 12.84 de
2 ‘Andreea’ 18.50 ab 23.12 ab
3 ‘Carpatin’ 15.03 bc 18.79 bc
4 ‘Roman’ 9.07 e 11.34 e
5 ‘Romanta’ 20.90 a 26.12 a
6 ‘Tita’ 18.13 ab 22.66 ab
Amplitude 9.00 – 21.60 11.25 – 27.00
Prunus salicina Lindl.
1 ‘Angeleno’ 13.67 cd 17.08 cd
2 ‘Black Beauty’ 8.77 e 10.96 e
3 ‘Black Star’ 8.30 e 10.37 e
4 ‘El Dorado’ 15.40 bc 19.25 bc
Amplitude 5.00 – 18.70 6.25 – 23.37
   >$  $"       E"
;-S&&D4
Fruit characteristics
3  $
$"  8'-
0&(D2P 0&(&20&(04
Fruit weight.,    /   '
 .,'  -,:4
$"  0D'"
     GH-%&) 4
G3H-D(1 43;5
.G, HG,H  8 
$G/H-1&) 4G/"H-%0D 4
$'8    -
' D%) 8'+&7 4-3$+4
Fruit soluble solids content."
  $  #" 5 3   '  
 $GH-()(@F4 G,H-0@(&F4
 G, H -0++@F438 '   $ 
 G, H -(%)%F4  GH -(%(@F4    
$' $
8-' D%)8'+&7 
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No. Cultivar Fruits weight (g) Fruit soluble solids
content (%)
Flesh firmness
(kgcm-2)
Prunus domestica L.
1 ‘Agent’ 32.53 e 24.43 a 3.56 h
2 ‘Andreea’ 36.53 de 23.10 b 3.85 gh
3 ‘Carpatin’ 49.87 c 19.13 c 4.15 fg
4 ‘Roman’ 50.20 c 14.87 efg 4.20 fg
5 ‘Romanta’ 60.90 b 14.27 gh 4.72 e
6 ‘Tita’ 51.70 c 16.10 de 4.38 ef
Amplitude 31.40 – 62.30 14.00 – 25.40 3.31 – 4.93
Prunus salicina Lindl.
1 ‘Angeleno’ 52.53 c 16.97 d 8.05 a
2 ‘Black Beauty’ 62.53 b 15.33 ef 6.70 c
3 ‘Black Star’ 70.90 a 14.00 h 7.22 b
4 ‘El Dorado’ 41.80 d 16.13 de 5.60 d
Amplitude 40.80 – 81.30 14.00 – 17.60 5.44 – 8.44
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Fruits colour
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No. Cultivar Visual colour Colour parameters (L* a* b*)
L* a* b*
Prunus domestica L.
1 ‘Agent’ Reddish 26.99 a 6.30 b 0.27 a
2 ‘Andreea’ Reddish 26.70 a 6.37 b -0.39 a
3 ‘Carpatin’ Blue brown 22.61 b 1.63 b -1.33 ab
4 ‘Roman’ Reddish 20.96 b 4.99 b -0.65 ab
5 ‘Romanta’ Dark blue 26.66 a 3.23 b -4.36 bc
6 ‘Tita’ Dark blue 21.94 b 1.05 b -2.51 ab
Prunus salicina Lindl.
1 ‘Angeleno’ Dark blue (almost
black)
22.69 b 8.94 a -5.30 c
2 ‘Black Beauty’ Dark blue 20.70 b 2.35 b -1.08 ab
3 ‘Black Star’ Dark blue 21.42 b 4.75 b -0.82 ab
4 ‘El Dorado’ Reddish 20.49 b 4.90 b 0.48 a
Average - 23.12 4.45 -1.57
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4-0&(@*0&(D4
No. Cultivar PPV** Monilia sp.**
On leaves On fruits ELISA test
Prunus domestica L.
1 ‘Agent’ 1.00 c 1.00 b Negative 2.33 bc
2 ‘Andreea’ 1.00 c 1.00 b Negative 1.00 c
3 ‘Carpatin’ 2.67 a 2.00 a Positive 2.33 bc
4 ‘Roman’ 1.00 c 1.00 b Positive 1.00 c
5 ‘Romanta’ 1.67 b 1.00 b Positive 1.67 bc
6 ‘Tita’ 2.67 a 2.00 a Positive 4.33 ab
Prunus salicina Lindl.
1 ‘Angeleno’ 1.00 c 1.00 b Negative 6.67 a
2 ‘Black Beauty’ 1.00 c 1.00 b Positive 7.00 a
3 ‘Black Star’ 1.00 c 1.00 b Negative 5.67 a
4 ‘El Dorado’ 2.00 b 1.00 b Positive 5.33 a
Average 1.50 1.20 3.73
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;-S&&D4
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