Winter-hardy sweet cherry cultivars and forms of Nikita Botanical Gardens
Journal: Acta Horticulturae
Year: 2019

In the Steppe Crimea the formation of archesporial tissue in the anthers of sweet cherry begins in the autumn, when the air temperature declines to 10-16°C. Flower buds stay in this stage all winter and have the highest winter hardiness at that time. But a short-term provocative thaw in the winter period can become a reason of significant damage of flower buds. We analysed the damage of sweet cherry flower buds as a result of critically low-freezing temperatures in January 2015 (-26°C). The aim