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Conference paper2000Peer reviewed

Domestication of Japanese quince (Chaenomeles japonica)

Rumpunen, Kimmo; Trajkovski, Viktor; Bartish, Igor; Garkava, Larisa; Nybom, Hilde; Gustafsson, Mats; Norin, I.; Kviklys, D.

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
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
  • ISBN: 90-6605-903-6

Permanent link to this page (URI)

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