Objectives

  • the selection of the most valuable genitors for the breeding of the new cultivars;
  • biodiversity preservation of the strawberry major and minor berries genotypes, gene bank.

The shrub collections include more than 600 genotypes (varieties and species, as well as some selections and hybrids of particular value for breeding purposes) from the genera Ribes (blackcurrant, redcurrant, whitecurrant, gooseberry), Rubus (raspberry and mulberry varieties), Fragaria (strawberry varieties and species), Vaccinium (blueberry varieties), Cornus mas (hornbeam selections), Rosa sp. (rosehips and petal roses), Sambucus nigra (elderberry selections and varieties), Hippophae rhamnoides (white hawthorn selections and varieties), Dyospiros virginian (American persimmon), Aronia melanocarpa (black scorus), Crataegus coccinea (hawthorn), and Romanian specialists are co-opted in the ECPGR Berries working group.

Table 1. Situation of the germplasm stock in the Fruit Tree Laboratory (in 2024)

No. crt. Species Total number of accessions Number of species Number of autochthonous varieties Number of foreign varieties Number of vaieties evaluated Year of esthablishment Surface (ha)
1 Strawberry 147   7 140 44 2023 0,03
2 Blueberry 79   9 70 15 2024 0,2
3 Blackberry 40   2 26 10 2021 0,1
4 Raspberry 49   6 43 15 2022 0,1
5 Blackcurrant and redcurrant 152   6 146 10 2023 0,18
6 Gooseberry 23   2 21 4 2023 0,03
7 Sea buckthorn 5   5 5 5 2021 0,01
8 Aronia 2   1 1 2 2021 0,01
9 Lonicera 9   3 6 10 2022 0,01
10 Rosa 1   1 1 1 2018 0,015
11 Rosa hip 2   1 1 2 2021 0,01
12 Cornelian cherry 90   1 89 10 1998 0,25
13 Elderberry 2   2 – 2 2021 0,001
14 Hawthorn 2   2 0 0 2018 0,001
15 Saskatoon berry 1   0 1 0 2021 0,0001
16 Persimmon 3   0 3 0 2018 0,033
17 Paw paw 2   0 2 0 2018 0,015
18 Medlar 1   1 0 0 2018 0,015
19 Fig 1   0 1 0 2018 0,015
20 Goji 2   2 0 0 2018 0,033
21 Kiwi 4   0 4 0 2018 0,033
22 Zizyphus jujuba 3   0 3 0 2018 0,033