معرفي مقدماتي برخي از هيبريدهاي خودروي بادام در استان كرمان و خصوصيات آنها

Prelaminary introducing some of natural hybrids of almond in Kerman province and their traits

Almond is one of the most important nut fruit in Iran, with a production of 120000 tonns and a cultivation area of over 115000 hectars, Thus Iran is ranked 4th among almond producing countries . Kerman province is one of the most important regions of almond growing in Iran, with cultivation area 12000 hectares of almond (A. communis) orchards and 500000 hectares of other almond species.Traditionally almond is propagated by sowing seed and there is a wide range of genotypes of almond with different morphological and biological characteristics. Since 2000 a research program for selecting superior almond genotypes and wild species in the central part of Iran (Kerman province) has been carried out. In this program, almond germplasm of Sirjan and Shahrebabak area were evaluated. Characteristics of selections according to Golcansʹ almond descriptor (1985) were recorded. Superior seedings whit special characters such as late blooming, high yield, vigorous growth, water stress tolerance and canker resistance were selected. In this research project, we identified 3 interesting natural hybrids distinguished as: A. communis x Prunus persica, A. communis x A. elaeagnifolia, A. communis x A. scoparia. These hybrids found to have very important characteristics such as vigorous growth, water stress tolerance and canker resistance. It seems that they are desirable rootstocks for commercial almond cultivars. In this paper these 3 natural hybrids are described.