Genetic Resources of Apricots (Prunus armeniaca L.) in Central Asia
Journal: HortScience
Year: 2013

Central Asia is a center of diversity for many important fruit and nut tree species, including wild and cultivated apricots ( Prunus armeniaca L.). A wealth of apricot germplasm that expresses novel and valuable characteristics such as fruits with high soluble solids, edible kernels, glabrous skin, and diverse colors and flavors, as well as later-blooming flowers, late-maturing fruit, and drought, cold, and salt tolerance, can be found growing across this region. Since the dissolution of the Sov