Assessment of frost resistance in new cultivars and breeding forms of apricot developed at the Nikita Botanical Gardens
Journal: PROCEEDINGS ON APPLIED BOTANY GENETICS AND BREEDING
Year: 2025

Background . The apricot crop has a very short period of winter dormancy, and in terms of the speed of springtime development of generative buds, it is the leader among stone fruit crops. In the southern fruit-growing zones, warming is often observed in January – February, which helps the plant to emerge from deep dormancy and start vegetating. Apricot flower buds and flowers perish in the winter-spring period with minor subsequent cold snaps, which is often the main limiting factor in industria