New peach cultivars by Nikita Botanical Gardens with high resistance to leaf curl (<i>Taphrina deformans</i> Tul.)
Journal: Acta Horticulturae
Year: 2019

Breeding of cultivars with high resistance to leaf curl is one of the most important tasks of peach breeding in Nikita Botanical Gardens. Fruit-growing needs peach cultivars with high resistance to this disease to obtain stable yields without using pesticides. Each year, from 2008 to 2015, 30 new cultivars were evaluated for resistance to Taphrina deformans Tul. Thanks to long lasting monitoring the cultivars with reduced susceptibility to leaf curl – less than 25% leaves affected – have been se