Abstract

Japanese quince (Chaenomeles japonica), a dwarf shrub belonging to Maloideae within Rosaceae, is investigated as a possible multipurpose crop for the production of juice, flavour, and fruit fibre. Research is co-ordinated as links in a chain from plant to finished product including clop optimisation, chemical characterisation, processing, and marketing. Here we present preliminary results obtained when evaluating Chaenomeles generic resources.

Keywords

Chaenomeles; plant breeding; genetic diversity; chemical characterisation

Published in

Acta Horticulturae
2000, number: 538, pages: 345-348
ISBN: 90-6605-903-6
Publisher: International Society for Horticultural Science

Conference

Eucarpia Symposium on Fruit Breeding and Genetics

SLU Authors

• Rumpunen, Kimmo

  • Department of Horticultural Plant Breeding, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Trajkovski, Viktor

  • Department of Horticultural Plant Breeding, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Bartish, Igor

  • Department of Horticultural Plant Breeding, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Gustavsson, Larisa

  • Department of Horticultural Plant Breeding, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Nybom, Hilde

  • Department of Horticultural Plant Breeding, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Gustafsson, Mats

  • Department of Plant Protection Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Horticulture


Publication identifier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2000.538.59

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/43600