• Apple cultivar evaluation for commercial growing in Norway 

      Frøynes, Oddmund; Kviklys, Darius; Meland, Mekjell (NIBIO rapport;6(135) 2020, Research report, 2020-11)
      Nibio Ullensvang har i perioden 2008-2017 gjennomført rettleiingsprøving av samla 20 eplesortar og -seleksjonar. Føremålet var å skaffa norske fruktdyrkarar sortar som gjev stor avling med kvalitetsfrukt og er tilpassa det ...
    • Determining Pollinizer Success Rates among Several Apple (Malus domestica L.) Cultivars Using Microsatellite Markers 

      Gasi, Fuad; Pojskić, Naris; Stroil, Belma Kalamujić; Frøynes, Oddmund; Fotirić Akšić, Milica; Meland, Mekjell (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-04-12)
      In order to determine the pollinizer success rates between twelve apple cultivars in 2021 and 2022, 671 apple embryos were collected from 19 different orchards in Ullensvang (southwestern Norway) and Svelvik (southeastern ...
    • Evaluation of Canadian sweet cherry cultivars ande selections in a Nordic climate 

      Frøynes, Oddmund; Kviklys, Darius; Meland, Mekjell (NIBIO rapport;6(118) 2020, Research report, 2020-10)
      Nibio Ullensvang har i perioden 2010-2016 gjennomført rettleiingsprøving av samla 14 sortar og seleksjonar av søtkirsebær frå foredlingsprogrammet ved forskingsstasjonen Summerland i Canada. Føremålet var å skaffa norske ...
    • Genetic Identity and Diversity of Apple Accessions within a Candidate Collection for the Norwegian National Clonal Germplasm Repository 

      Meland, Mekjell; Aksic, Milica Fotiric; Frøynes, Oddmund; Konjic, Almira; Lasic, Lejla; Pojskic, Naris; Gasi, Fuad (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-07-12)
      In order to best conserve, as well as utilize, traditional apple germplasm in Norway, an apple heritage cultivar collection was established in Ullensvang, western Norway, which aims to become the National Clonal Germplasm ...
    • Hjartenøtter – ei dyrkingsrettleiing 

      Frøynes, Oddmund; Meland, Mekjell (NIBIO Rapport, Research report, 2022)
      Hjartenøtt er ein ny art for kommersiell produksjon i Norge. Endå om det sporadisk er planta nokre valnøtt-tre gjennom tidene, finst det lite og ikkje systematisert kunnskap om dyrking, sortar og produktkvalitet under ...
    • Identifying Pollen Donors and Success Rate of Individual Pollinizers in European Plum (Prunus domestica L.) Using Microsatellite Markers 

      Meland, Mekjell; Frøynes, Oddmund; Akšic, Milica Fotiric; Pojskic, Naris; Stroil, Belma Kalamujic; Lasic, Lejla; Gasi, Fuad (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-02-12)
      European plum cultivars (Prunus domestica L.) are hexaploid and partially self-fertile or self-sterile requiring compatible pollinizers with overlapping bloom times. Therefore, inter-planting of different pollinizer cultivars ...
    • Introduction of new fruit crops to Norway 

      Kviklys, Darius; Frøynes, Oddmund; Meland, Mekjell (NIBIO Rapport, Research report, 2023)
      Global warming benefits enrichment of the assortment of cultivated fruit trees. New fruit species, less winter hardy, demanding higher temperatures during their growth and longer vegetation period, could become new commercial ...
    • S-Genotyping and Seed Paternity Testing of the Pear Cultivar ‘Celina’ 

      Gasi, Fuad; Frøynes, Oddmund; Stroil, Belma Kalamujic; Lasic, Lejla; Pojskic, Naris; Aksic, Milica Fotiric; Meland, Mekjell (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-09-11)
      The diploid Celina/QTee® (‘Colorée de Juillet’ × ‘Williams’), one of the most promising pear cultivars developed by the Norwegian breeding program Graminor, was launched in 2010. In Norway, the flowering is medium to late, ...
    • Study of plum cultivars in Norway 

      Frøynes, Oddmund; Kviklys, Darius; Meland, Mekjell (NIBIO Rapport, Research report, 2023)
      This report presents results of two plum cultivars and selections trials, performed during 2013-2021 and 2016-2021 at Ullensvang. In total, 19 plum cultivars were evaluated: 4 from the Institute of Horticulture, Čačak, ...
    • Testing new apple cultivars for Norwegian growing conditions 

      Frøynes, Oddmund; Kviklys, Darius; Meland, Mekjell (NIBIO-rapport;7(44) 2021, Research report, 2021-03)
      NIBIO Ullensvang har i perioden 2012-2019 gjennomført rettleiingsprøving av samla 11 eplesortar og -seleksjonar. Føremålet var å skaffa norske fruktdyrkarar sortar som gjev stor avling med kvalitetsfrukt og er tilpassa det ...