Shadab Faramarzi; Abbas Yadollahi; Hassan Hajnajari; Abdolali Shojaeean; Sima Damyar
Abstract
Study of morphological traits of red fleshed apples is a critical step to improve the quality andcommercializing of them. In order to study genetic diversity of Iranian red fleshed apples, a total of 17morphological characteristics were assessed for eight genotypes of red- fleshed (‘Haji Qermez’, ...
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Study of morphological traits of red fleshed apples is a critical step to improve the quality andcommercializing of them. In order to study genetic diversity of Iranian red fleshed apples, a total of 17morphological characteristics were assessed for eight genotypes of red- fleshed (‘Haji Qermez’, ‘GoushtQermez’, ‘Shahroud-10’, ‘Arous Gousht Qermz’, ‘B.9’, ‘Qazvin 1, 2, 3’) and 12 Iranian and foreigncommercial cultivars (‘Shafei’, ‘Golab Kohanz’, ‘Jonathan’, ‘Golden Delicious’, ‘Granny Smith’,‘Soltani Shabestar’, ‘Fuji’, ‘Red Delicious’, ‘Heydar Zadeh’, ‘Golab Sahneh’, ‘Gala’, and ‘Shafi Abadi’).Dendrogram resulting cluster analysis of the data classified all genotypes into 7 groups. All Iranian andforeign cultivars were located in distinct groups. The results showed that Iranian red fleshed apples weredifferent in their flesh color. This research can be very useful for introducing theses cultivars to market orusing in breeding programs.