The selection of superior pistachio (Pistacia vera L.) genotypes among seedling trees originated from open-pollination

Morphological and Phenological Characterizations of Some Male and Female Promising Pistachio Genotypes from an Open-pollinated Population

“…The length of the terminal leaflet varied from 7 to 11.14 cm, while the width of the terminal leaflet ranged from 3.82 to 7.16 cm (Table 1). Rezaei et al (2019) reported the range of 10.77 to 50.63 cm for leaf length and 8.37 to 24.25 cm for leaf width in some pistachio genotypes in Iran. Also, the range of 16.02-19.95 cm and 16.98-18.46 cm was observed for leaf length and leaf width, respectively, in a pistachio collection of Algeria (Boualem et al, 2015).…”

“…The average of nut length ranged from 16.6 in FG16 to 23.68 mm in FG17 and nut width varied between 10.46 in FG16 and 13.7 mm in 'Akbari'. Rezaei et al (2019) reported the range of 13.50 to 22.54 mm for nut length and 9.44 to 14.05 mm for nut width. In addition, Yarılgaç and Yalcin (2007) reported that the ranges of nut length and nut width were 15.19-21.04 mm and 8.59-8.88 mm respectively.…”

“…Pistachio (Pistacia vera L.) as a green-gold tree is one of the most important and popular nuts that has great economic and business value (Benmahioul et al, 2012;Rezaei et al, 2019). On the other hand, pistachio species have a high potential for the adaptation of low-environmental conditions such as water and soil salinity and drought which makes it an ideal candidate for cultivation in desert areas, under unfavorable environmental conditions (Karimi, 2012).…”

“…On the other hand, pistachio species have a high potential for the adaptation of low-environmental conditions such as water and soil salinity and drought which makes it an ideal candidate for cultivation in desert areas, under unfavorable environmental conditions (Karimi, 2012). The native species of pistachio genus have spread from India to the Mediterranean area (Rezaei et al, 2019) and the north of Afghanistan, northeast of Iran and Central Asia are introduced as the main centers of diversity for pistachio (Kafkas et al, 2006). The level of genetic diversity in pistachio is high and large variation is easily observed in seedling trees derived from the seeds of an individual tree (Baghizadeh et al, 2010).…”

“…Kerman, the most important California pistachio cultivar, is a selection of plants coming from seeds in the Kerman area (Iran) (Parfitt et al, 1995). Evaluation of genetic diversity using pomological and morphological traits, as a quick method, has been used to identify the appropriate pistachio genotypes (Abidi, 2016;Boualem et al, 2015;Kazankaya et al, 2008;Rezaei et al, 2019;Yarılgaç and Yalcin, 2007). The traits related to fruit such as low blank nut production, split nuts, kernel percentage, and kernel weight have high values in marketing and sales of pistachio (Rezaei et al, 2019).…”