Details
Address
Arboretum Lednice
Department of Fruit Growing
Valtická 337
CZ - 691 44 Lednice na Moravě
Department of Fruit Growing
Valtická 337
CZ - 691 44 Lednice na Moravě
Telefon: +420 519 367 220
Fax: +420 519 367 222
Email: → info@zf.mendelu.cz
Webseite: → http://old.zf.mendelu.cz/ustavy/551_en.htm
Description
The horticulture department of the Mendel University Brno has a garden collection of about 300 varieties of Apricots and about 130 peaches from Czech republic and neighbouring countries. The department teaches fruit growing (including tropical and sub-tropical fruits), the management of nurseries and the production of new planting material (fruit trees, bushes, canes etc.). Its research interests concern long-term studies of fruit species, their varieties and their accompanying pests and diseases. The main area of research involves the resistance of Prunus species to the Plum Pox virus (Sharka) and the problem of European Stone Fruit Yellows (ESFY) phytoplasma.
The department has an impeccable record in the area of plant breeding, where it has focussed mainly on apricots (the varieties Leskora, Lejuna, Legolda, Palava, Minaret and others) and peaches, and also their root-stocks (Lesiberian and
M-LE-1). The gene bank of peach and apricot tree varieties are used for both teaching and research. Equally important is the work on introducing sub-tropical fruit varieties, such as Diospyros and Ziziphus, to the temperate climate of the Czech Republic.
The department has an impeccable record in the area of plant breeding, where it has focussed mainly on apricots (the varieties Leskora, Lejuna, Legolda, Palava, Minaret and others) and peaches, and also their root-stocks (Lesiberian and
M-LE-1). The gene bank of peach and apricot tree varieties are used for both teaching and research. Equally important is the work on introducing sub-tropical fruit varieties, such as Diospyros and Ziziphus, to the temperate climate of the Czech Republic.
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Arboretum
Arboretum
Revision: 13. 04. 2021